VIP Party chief walks out of Grand Alliance PC, says he has been ‘back-stabbed’

Patna, Oct 3 : Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani on Saturday walked out of a joint press conference held by the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the largest party in the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) to announce the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.
The situation took a dramatic turn after Tejashwi Yadav announced the seat-sharing deal with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) set to contest on 144 seats. Yadav said the Congress would contest on 70 seats while the CPM, CPI and CPI (ML) will contest on 4, 6 and 19 seats respectively.
He further said that the party will accommodate seats for the VIP and JMM parties from the RJD’s quota since discussions were on with the two parties, in the next few days.
Sahani was upset that the RJD didn’t announce the number of seats promised to the Vikassheel Insaan Party.
In the middle of the event, Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha asked VIP leader Mukesh Sahani to address the media after Yadav had spoken.
Sahani declared that he had been back-stabbed. “We were expecting 25 seats but when the time came, the RJD back-stabbed me and my party. They have ignored us at the critical juncture of this election as we belong to the most backward section of society,” Sahani said.