Confusion prevailing in the INDIA bloc showed little signs of let up on Saturday, with just two days to go before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase of Assembly elections comes to a close.

The multi-party coalition, which had of late been blaming its inability to declare a seat-sharing arrangement on the need to “accommodate new allies”, was given up on by the JMM, which announced it will go it alone and contest six seats in Bihar.

The RJD, which is expected to contest a lion’s share of the 243 seats in the State Assembly, has been giving away party tickets at will, in many instances against candidates of alliance partners, but has failed to come up with a consolidated list of its nominees.

The Congress, which had a few days ago announced a ‘first list’ of 48 candidates, followed by a one-off announcement on Friday, has now revealed the names of its nominees for five more seats, including Kishanganj, which it held but where it has dropped its sitting MLA Ijharul Hussain in favour of a turncoat.

-PTI