Rift in Mahagathbandhan; Congress fields MLC candidates on 5 seats: Friendly fight between Congress and RJD on four seats; Check the list of candidates.

A rift has emerged between Congress and RJD in the Grand Alliance for the MLC election. Congress has announced candidates for 5 out of 8 seats in the Bihar Legislative Council. Senior leader Madan Mohan Jha has been fielded again from the Darbhanga Teachers seat. Asadullah Khan has been chosen to contest from Patna Graduate, while Sanjay Yadav will be contesting from the Patna Teachers seat. Manoj Kumar Jaiswal and Rajnikant Pathak have been declared candidates for Kosi Graduate and Darbhanga Graduate seats respectively.