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Cong, RJD agree to disagree on 5 seats
The Morning Standard
|October 12, 2025
Tejashwi in Delhi to meet Rahul, Kharge for finalising seat-sharing arrangement e NDA deal delayed by a day as Jitan Manjhi plays hardball
RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav left for Delhi on Saturday evening, a day after a meeting of the party’s central and state parliamentary boards was held in Patna to discuss seat-sharing formula among INDIA bloc partners for Bihar polls.
“Tejashwi has gone to Delhi with a message from RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav. He is expected to meet senior leaders of Congress, including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge. The leaders of two major allies will take a final call on seat-sharing arrangements in the Opposition bloc,” a senior RJD leader said.
This story is from the October 12, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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