On Friday, opposition parties announced a seat-sharing deal for Bihar for the Lok Sabha election 2019. Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal will contest on 20 seats while the Congress will contest on nine seats in Bihar. Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party is also a part of the alliance with five seats while Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha has been given three seats.

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Here it is to be noted that the Vikasshil Insan Party with three seats and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation with one are also part of the alliance. CPI-ML's seat will come from the 20 constituencies allotted to the RJD.Among the other announcements made today was that Sharad Yadav would contest on an RJD ticket and that former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi would contest from Gaya.

To be noted that significantly, Sharad Yadav has agreed to merge his Loktantrik Dal with the RJD after the Lok Sabha election, RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha said at a press conference in Patna this afternoon. “Sharad Yadav will contest on RJD symbol and merge his political outfit Loktantrik Janata Dal with the party after the Lok Sabha polls,” RJD national spokesman Manoj Jha said at a press conference on Friday.

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HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi will contest from Gaya constituency, while his party colleague  Upendra Prasad will fight from Aurangabad constituency. RJD's Vibha Devi has been fielded from Nawada seat while RLSP's  Bhudev Chaudhary from Jamui constituency. RJD also announced the names of two candidates for Assembly by-election: Direndra Kumar Singh alias Munna will contest from Nawada while Mohammad Firoz Hussain from Dehri.