RJD chief Lalu Prasad announced on Saturday that the Samajwadi Party (SP) of Mulayam Singh Yadav would contest from five seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.
“We have given five seats to SP to contest in the polls. Now it is also a part of the grand alliance along with my own party RJD, JD(U) and Congress,” Mr. Prasad told at a press conference in Patna.
Earlier, Mr. Prasad, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and senior Congress leader C.P. Joshi announced the seat-sharing formula among the parties in the grand alliance.
It was decided that the RJD and JD(U) will contest 100 seats each, and Congress 40 seats and three seats were left for the NCP.
Later, the NCP pulled out of the alliance, expressing its displeasure over less number of seats to it.
