Patna: Virtually ending its alliance with Congress in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Monday announced candidates for 28 of the 40 constituencies in Bihar including the three seats where Congress has sitting MPs.
The RJD chief released the list of candidates in Patna but left without taking any questions.
The RJD had initially stitched an alliance with Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) under which Prasad's party was to contest 25 of Bihar's 40 seats while LJP 12. The rest of the three seats were left for Congress.
However, after the Congress rejected the offer and resolved to contest 37 seats on its own sparing the two seats, Saran and Pataliputra, for its two allies, Lalu fielded his party's candidates even in the three seats won by the Congress in the previous Lok Sabha elections.
Lalu is trying his luck from Saran while Paswan is contesting from Pataliputra.
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