The RJD has fielded its candidate for the Congress's sitting MLC seat, and Lalu Yadav has given the symbol to Kumar Rai. There will be a friendly fight on 5 seats.

In the MLC election, Congress and RJD are facing each other in the Grand Alliance. Congress has fielded candidates for 5 out of 8 seats in the Bihar Legislative Council. Now, there will be a friendly fight between Congress and RJD on 5 seats. Congress has fielded senior leader Madan Mohan Jha from the Darbhanga Teachers' Constituency seat. The RJD had not fielded a candidate for this seat earlier, but now Kumar Rai has been nominated by the RJD.