Patna, Oct. 23 -- Four Mahagathbandhan candidates, including three from the Congress and one from the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), withdrew their nominations in favour of their ally, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), ahead of polling for the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections.

Congress candidate Satish Kumar from the Warsaliganj constituency withdrew his nomination for RJD's Anita, while Aditya Kumar from the Lalganj constituency did for RJD's Shivani Shukla. Congress candidate Tauquir Alam from Pranpur also withdrew his nomination in favour of RJD's Ishrat Parween.

VIP candidate Bindu Gulab Yadav from Babubarhi constituency withdrew her nomination for RJD's Arun Kumar Singh.

The development comes as a major relief for the RJD and th...