Sources have told The Daily Guardian that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has proposed 58 seats to the Congress in the proposed formula for seat sharing between the constituents of the grand alliance. The RJD itself wants to contest about 155 seats. According to sources, the RJD has also offered the Lok Sabha seat of Valmikinagar to the Congress.
RJD leader Shakti Singh Yadav said that the “RJD does not want to lose its big ally Congress, so it can also be open to giving some more seats. However, the Congress should also understand the compulsions of the alliance”.
If the RJD gives seats to the Insan Party and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha from its quota, then the Congress will have to give seats to the Nationalist Congress from its quota. It is being told that CPI-ML has also been offered 14 seats, CPI three and CPM two seats. However, the Congress does not agree to this. The Congress wants at least 70 seats. However, the high command has to take the final decision. Congress spokesperson Harkhu Jha said that the decision to compromise with RJDLeft parties has been decided at the level of party’s national president Sonia Gandhi and RJD president Lalu Prasad. The seats will also be decided with the consent of these two. The high command has to take the right to decide on how many seats the Congress will contest.