As the window for filing nominations officially closed last evening for the Bihar elections, the much-coveted Mahagathbandhan has entered the electoral fray without formal announcement of a seat-sharing formula. Technically, Mahagathbandhan stands together, since broadly they have fielded joint Opposition candidates for the majority of the seats. However, as the deadlock over several seats continues, a friendly contest is now on the cards. This has placed the grand alliance lagging far behind the NDA, which displayed much better optics by declaring a number of seats allocated to each partner and ensuring no 'friendly contests' among th
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