Mahagathbandhan' announces candidates for 38 out of 40 seats in Bihar
In the midst of reports of a fracture over seats, the restriction mahagathbandhan (union) in Bihar today declared its seat-share settlement and contender for one month from now's national race. The settlement is "unbreakable", said RJD pioneer Tejashwi Yadav, rubbishing reports of a breakdown in chats with the Congress. The RJD or Rashtriya Janata Dal will challenge 19 seats, Congress nine and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) of Upendra Kushwaha - who quit the BJP-drove collusion in December - will challenge five. As Tejashwi Yadav made the declaration, senior pioneers of the Congress were prominent by their nonappearance. The Congress has in its offer Patna Sahib, the seat of Shatrughan Sinha, who declared yesterday that he would stop the BJP and join the Congress. The BJP had censured Mr Sinha, a persevering in-house faultfinder of the gathering administration, and named Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for the seat. The performing artist turned-government of