Bihar election 2025: Congress announces seven more candidates even as INDIA bloc remains undecided on seat sharing

The Congress on Monday released a list of six candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. With this, the party has now announced a total of 60 contesting candidates.

The list was announced post midnight, even as a formal seat-sharing deal has not been announced by the Mahagathbandhan with the RJD and the Congress, the two main parties of the alliance. They have been unable to reach an understanding.

According to the list of six candidates, the Congress fielded Surendra Prasad Kushwaha from Valmiki Nagar, Abidur Rehman from Araria, Jalil Mastan from Amour, Tauquir Alam from Barari, Praveen Singh Kushwaha from Kahalgaon and Vinod Chaudhary from Sikandra (SC).


Later, the party fielded Minnat Rahmani from the Supaul Assembly segment.

With this, sources told PTI that the final name had been announced and the party would contest on 61 seats, down from the 70 last time.

On Sunday, the disharmony in the INDIA bloc became evident as aspirants in the RJD and the Congress accused the leadership of having put tickets up for sale.

The last day for filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase is Monday.

The Congress on Thursday had released its first list of 48 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, fielding its state unit chief Rajesh Ram from Kutumba seat and CLP leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan from Kadwa.

On Friday, the party fielded Rishi Mishra from Jale, in a one-off announcement. On Saturday, the party released a list of five candidates