Kanhaiya Kumar Best speech Maharashtra
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Seat-sharing Woes, No CM Face: How Alienated Allies Have Brought Bihar's Mahagathbandhan to Breaking Point
Seat-sharing Woes, No CM Face: How Alienated Allies Have Brought Bihar's Mahagathbandhan to Breaking Point Questions are being raised on whether the so-called 'grand alliance' exists only on paper as its constituents are making competing claims on the assembly seats where by-elections are to be held after a week. Bypolls often go unnoticed as their results do not matter much to the party in power or in opposition. They just add to or subtract from their tally in the state assembly or Lok Sabha. However, next week’s by-elections for five assembly constituencies and a Lok Sabha seat in Bihar may turn out to be the breaking point for the so-called “mahagathbandhan”, or “grand alliance”. Recent unity efforts, after remaining at loggerheads for nearly five months, have failed as the parties could not arrive at a consensus on seat-sharing for the polls. The by-elections will be held for the Samastipur Lok Sabha seat besides Belhar, Daraundha, Nathnagar, Simri-B...