The RJD-Congress alliance has broken in the MLC elections in Bihar. After the RJD announced the name of the candidate for the MLC election without talking to the Congress, the Congress also announced the names of 5 candidates of its MLC.
According to the AICC press release, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the following names as party candidates for the biennial elections to the Bihar Legislative Council for the Graduates and Teachers constituencies to be held in the Bihar Legislative Council Elections-2026:
- Dr. Madan Mohan Jha from Darbhanga Teachers’ seat
- Manoj Kumar Jaiswal from Kosi Graduates seat
- Rajnikant Pathak from Darbhanga Graduates seat
- Dr. Sanjay Yadav from Patna Teachers’ seat
- Dr. Asadullah Khan from Patna Graduates’ seat
RJD has fielded candidates in four seats.
The RJD has already fielded its candidates in four of the eight seats for the MLC elections. Elections are going to be held for a total of eight seats of the Legislative Council in Bihar. The RJD had announced its candidates for six seats a few days ago. Among them, the RJD has fielded Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh from Patna Teachers’ constituency, Dilip Kumar from Patna Graduate and Nitesh Kumar from Koshi Graduate. Apart from this, the RJD has given tickets to Anil Kumar Jha from Darbhanga graduate, Professor Jairam Yadav from Saran teacher and Dr. Rashmi Vinayak Gautam from Tirhut graduate. However, the RJD has not announced its candidates for Darbhanga Teachers’ and Tirhut Teachers’ constituencies.
RJD and Congress tussle for seats
After the announcement of candidates by the RJD for the Bihar MLC elections, the Bihar Congress had expressed displeasure and said that there was no talk of any kind before the names of the candidates were announced. Meanwhile, it was reported that the Bihar Congress had sent a proposal to the party’s top leadership, in which it was said that the Congress should contest the Legislative Council elections alone in Bihar.
