Nomination withdrawal ends today; Oppn seat share hazy
Patna, Oct. 20 -- Uncertainty over seat-sharing within the opposition INDIA bloc persisted on Sunday -- a day before the deadline to withdraw nominations for first phase of Bihar assembly elections is set to end -- with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and the Left still engaged in high-level talks to resolve the issue of multiple nominations filed in at least 11 contentious seats, people aware of the matter said.
The deadline to withdraw nomination papers for 121 of the 243 seats set to go to polls on November 6 will end at 3pm on Monday. As per updated list of nominations, a total of 1,375 nominations were accepted till late on Sunday.
The Congress had named its candidates on 54 seats across both phases, while the RJD, which had been informally allotting its symbols to hopefuls, is yet to formally release its list but its leaders have filed nominations in at least 60 seats.P10...
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