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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Left set to field Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai

The Left Front could get to contest on three seats in Bihar under a likely alliance with RJD and Congress

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JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addressing meeting of "Azadi" organised by AISF and AIYF, in Patna. Photo: PTI

Archis Mohan New Delhi
A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Congress-Left Front alliance is in the works in Bihar. According to sources, the Left, comprising six parties, is likely to get as many as three of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in that state to contest.

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) chief Dipankar Bhattacharya has held meetings with RJD chief Lalu Prasad, while the state leadership of the Communist Party of India (CPI) is also in contact with Prasad.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury met Lalu Prasad when the latter was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. The two agreed that

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