PATNA, May 26 -- Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc constituents are likely to start discussion on seat allocation among the allies after setting up block-level coordination committees next month, said a senior Congress leader on Sunday. 'We are emphasising allocation of seats among the allies early, so that joint campaigning for the Assembly elections could start. Last time, we missed the majority owing to delayed distribution of seats and lack of proper coordination among local-level leaders," said a former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA, adding the block-level coordination committees were likely to be finalised in the second week of June. The INDIA bloc constituents, including the RJD, Congress, Left parties and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) formed the district-level coordination committees, comprising prominent leaders of their respective parties on May 18. "Selection of leaders to lead coordination panel is important as they form the real backbone of the coalition during the elections and ensure turnout of electors at booths," said RJD spokesman MLA Bhai Birendra. According to a central committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), initial talks over seat-sharing may take place at the state-level coordination committee, led by leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav in Patna. "After the initial talks, seat sharing formula is likely to be formalised in talks with Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Dipankar Bhattacharya and the representatives from the CPI and CPI(M)," he added. Senior leaders of the RJD and the Congress apprehend that seat-sharing is going to be a tough exercise this time, as the Congress is striving hard at least to retain the number of seats it had contested in 2020, contrary to the RJD's bid to restrict it to 45-50 seats. "Congress party is banking on increased focus of Rahul Gandhi in Bihar by way of attending 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan', organised by social organisations championing the cause of social justice. The RJD, which is leading the INDIA bloc in Bihar, will find it hard to allot 70 seats (which the Congress had fought in 2020) to the Congress, since it also wants to adjust VIP and Pasupati Kumar Paras-led Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, which broke away from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on April 14," said political analyst Ramashankar Arya. In 2020, the RJD had contested 144 seats and won 75, while the Congress won 19 of 70 it had fought in the Assembly elections. CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M) had won 12 (out of 19), 2, 6 & 4 respectively. "We will scruitinise each and every seat before allocation, since the Grand Alliance had lost the majority even after getting almost the same votes polled by the NDA," said one of the coordination committee members. The RJD-led GA had got roughly 12,700 votes less than the JD(U)-led NDA in the last Assembly polls. In its bid to bolster the party's claim for 'reasonable and respectable' number of seats, the Congress party has already launched the exercise of identifying prospective candidates on all 243 Assembly seats and asked them to submit their candidature through a QR code based application process. "The QR code mechanism has been introduced to ensure that bio-data of all candidates can be scanned by the party's top brasses," said Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Rajesh Kumar....