In a friendship, friends sometimes end up fighting over the spoils of war after winning. In a political alliance, allies invariably start fighting over the spoils even before the war.

This is why the latest passive aggression between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress is unsurprising. It is the way allies negotiate seat sharing and ensure that they get the best and the maximum.

The Congress has declared its claim on 70 seats in the approaching Bihar assembly elections, just like the 2020 polls in the state. It also wants “good" seats.

There is one minor problem.

In 2020, Congress won just 19 of those 70 seats. In the process, it did not just squander the generosity that RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav extended because of his warm relations with Sonia Gandhi, but became the main reason why the Mahagathbandhan could not form the government in spite of RJD emerging as the single largest party........

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