PATNa/new delhi, Nov. 15 -- The performance of the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance - 35 seats at a strike rate of 14.4% - in the Bihar assembly elections was the result of many factors. The most worrying for the largest constituent of the alliance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (25 seats at a strike rate of 17.5%) is the emergence of cracks in its Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) base. The RJD gave around 50 tickets to Yadavs, who account for around 14% of the population, and around 20 to Muslims, who account for 17% , in a bid to woo the two communities. But the alliance's decision to declare that Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani would be a deputy CM if it came to power proved counter-productive. The RJD had problems closer home too. The project...