India, Oct. 17 -- Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) founder Mukesh Sahani on Friday announced that he will not contest the assembly election to enable him to campaign for the party candidates and the Opposition's Grand Alliance coalition in Bihar.

Sahani, who was expected to file his nomination from the Gaura Bauram seat in Darbhanga, named his brother, Santosh Sahani, as the party's nominee for the seat. The VIP was allotted 15 seats in a last-minute deal with the opposition coalition in Bihar comprising the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Congress and the Left parties.

Sahani said he had opted to field his brother from the Gaura Bauram seat so that he wasn't tied down to one seat.

"I have opted not to contest polls this time. I will campaign for th...