Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) may offer only 7 seats out of 40 in Bihar to Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Thursday (March 14). The Lalu Yadav-led party wants to field its candidates in every seat where the JDU is likely to contest, they added.
Earlier the Congress had staked claim on 15 seats, however, sources said that the RJD is mulling giving only 7 seats to the grand old party.
“The RJD wants to give only 7 seats to Congress. Yesterday, Congress had claimed 15 seats. RJD wants to field its candidate on every seat of JDU. RJD wants to contest on 30 seats and wants to give 3 seats to Left parties,” sources said.
Congress demands 15 seats
The Congress party gave a list of 15 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for fielding its candidates in the upcoming general elections, sources said earlier.
In the 2019 general elections, Congress was given nine out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats to contest in the alliance, resulting in a single victory in the Kishanganj constituency. However, the RJD had failed to secure any seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Lok Sabha elections 2024
As the official tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha session led by the NDA is slated to conclude in June 2024, political parties across the country have initiated their election campaigns. The upcoming elections will see a face-off between the ruling alliance NDA and the recently established I.N.D.I.A bloc.
It should be noted here that general elections are expected to be held across the country between April and May to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is scheduled to end in the month of June. The previous general elections were held in April–May 2019. After the elections, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance formed the government at the Centre, with Narendra Modi continuing as Prime Minister for the second straight term.
