<p>Facing criticism for being the weak-link in the Grand Alliance, Congress on Tuesday claimed that it had contested toughest seats in Bihar where BJP-JD(U) combined had dominance for nearly two decades.</p>.<p>Congress leaders said that they were not happy with the seats that had come their way in the seat-sharing arrangement with the RJD, and grudgingly accepted the challenge and had performed well on 20 of them.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bihar-election-result-2020-live-updates-rjd-bjp-jdu-ljp-winners-losers-nda-mahagathbandhan-nitish-kumar-tejashwi-yadav-chirag-paswan-modi-913415.html">Track Bihar Election Result 2020 live updates</a></p>.<p>“In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP-JD(U) had emerged victorious in 67 assembly segments of the 70 seats that had been left to the Congress to contest in the current assembly polls,” AICC Secretary Pranav Jha said.</p>.<p>Similarly, in the 2015 assembly elections, BJP-JD(U) had won 65 of the 70 seats that had come the Congress' way in the 2020 assembly polls.</p>.<p>Congress leaders said that the party had performed better on the tough seats that had come its way, in a bid to reject the allegations of pulling down the Grand Alliance.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election-2020/bihar-election-results-constituency-wise-live-updates-rjd-jdu-bjp-nda-ljp-congress-ec-counting-tejashwi-yadav-winner-nitish-kumar-913419.html">Track Bihar Election Constituency-wise Result 2020 live updates</a></p>.<p>RJD had put up candidates on 144 of the 243 seats, leaving 70 seats for the Congress and 29 for the Left parties – CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M). The CPI(ML) had a better strike rate having taken a winning lead on 12 of the 19 seats it contested, CPI was leading on three and CPI(M) on two.</p>.<p>Congress leaders said the party had performed well in Magadh area in southern Bihar, but had found the going tough in Seemanchal – the region adjoining the Nepal border.</p>.<p>In the Lok Sabha bypoll in Valmiki Nagar, Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra was trailing JD(U)'s Sunil Kumar by a margin of more than 20,000 votes at 9:00 p.m.</p>
<p>Facing criticism for being the weak-link in the Grand Alliance, Congress on Tuesday claimed that it had contested toughest seats in Bihar where BJP-JD(U) combined had dominance for nearly two decades.</p>.<p>Congress leaders said that they were not happy with the seats that had come their way in the seat-sharing arrangement with the RJD, and grudgingly accepted the challenge and had performed well on 20 of them.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bihar-election-result-2020-live-updates-rjd-bjp-jdu-ljp-winners-losers-nda-mahagathbandhan-nitish-kumar-tejashwi-yadav-chirag-paswan-modi-913415.html">Track Bihar Election Result 2020 live updates</a></p>.<p>“In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP-JD(U) had emerged victorious in 67 assembly segments of the 70 seats that had been left to the Congress to contest in the current assembly polls,” AICC Secretary Pranav Jha said.</p>.<p>Similarly, in the 2015 assembly elections, BJP-JD(U) had won 65 of the 70 seats that had come the Congress' way in the 2020 assembly polls.</p>.<p>Congress leaders said that the party had performed better on the tough seats that had come its way, in a bid to reject the allegations of pulling down the Grand Alliance.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election-2020/bihar-election-results-constituency-wise-live-updates-rjd-jdu-bjp-nda-ljp-congress-ec-counting-tejashwi-yadav-winner-nitish-kumar-913419.html">Track Bihar Election Constituency-wise Result 2020 live updates</a></p>.<p>RJD had put up candidates on 144 of the 243 seats, leaving 70 seats for the Congress and 29 for the Left parties – CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M). The CPI(ML) had a better strike rate having taken a winning lead on 12 of the 19 seats it contested, CPI was leading on three and CPI(M) on two.</p>.<p>Congress leaders said the party had performed well in Magadh area in southern Bihar, but had found the going tough in Seemanchal – the region adjoining the Nepal border.</p>.<p>In the Lok Sabha bypoll in Valmiki Nagar, Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra was trailing JD(U)'s Sunil Kumar by a margin of more than 20,000 votes at 9:00 p.m.</p>