India, Oct. 23 -- The opposition INDIA bloc, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, on Thursday declared Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate and Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani as the deputy CM face for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

The announcement, after weeks of intense discussions and uncertainty over seat-sharing, was made at a joint press conference in Patna by former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, in the presence of Yadav, Sahani, CPI (ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, and representatives of the CPI, CPM, and the Indian Inclusive Party (IIP).

"All allies in the INDIA bloc, including our leader Rahul Gandhi, have unanimously decided that Tejashwi Yadav w...