New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) released its list of 143 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections on Monday. The development effectively ended the prolonged seat-sharing negotiations within the opposition's 'Mahagathbandhan' or 'Grand' alliance.

The announcement of names of candidates from Rashtriya Janata Dal - the alliance's largest party - comes without any official announcement of seats shared between the parties.

And as things stand within the alliance, the RJD is contesting 143, Congress 61, CPI ML 20 and the remaining constituencies in the 243-seat contest are likely to go to Mukesh Sahani's VIP, as per an informal arrangement.

The opposition alliance suffered a blow as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha...