RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav told a press conference that his party decided to contest the two seats- Godda and Hazaribagh - which had been allotted to CPI in seat-sharing agreement announced by him on August 21.

Yadav charged the CPI with being responsible for breaking the alliance by taking unilateral decision to contest nine seats, six more than agreed upon earlier, by its leaders during the seat-sharing talks in New Delhi.

The RJD president also released the second list of 26 candidates. In the second list three RJD members in the dissolved Lok Sabha were not given nomination. Those denied tickets are: Anup Lal Yadav (Saharsa), Ajita Mehta (Samastipur) and Sitaram Yadav (Sitamarhi).

While Bihar Minister for HigherEducation Ashok Singh would be the RJD candidate for Samastipur, state's Cooperative Minister Suryadeo Yadav would replace Sitaram Yadav in Sitamarhi and Surya Narayan Yadav would be the party's nominee for Saharsa.

RJD and Congress appear heading for a friendly fight in Hazaribagh and Godda where both announced to field their candidates. Earlier, Congress decided to fight elections to the two seats apart from 14 it was allotted in the seat-sharing agreement announced by RJD chief earlier.

RJD president said his party had authorised him to decide the candidates for three seats - Balia, Gopalganj and Khagaria. He said he would soon announce the names of candidates for these three constituencies.

Yadav said state's Minister for Land and Revenue Ramai Ram would contest the Hajipur (SC) constituency against the Janata Dal (United) leader Ram Vilas Paswan while the RJD president would himself fight the elections against JD (U) president Sharad Yadav in Madhepura.

Of the 54 LS seats RJD and its allies werenot fielding any candidate from Nalanda seat.

The party's members in the dissolved Lok Sabha whose name figure in the second list are: Rama Devi (Motihari), Mohammed Sahabuddin (Siwan), Hiralal Yadav (Chapra), Raghuvans Prasad Singh (Vaishali), M A Fatmi (Darbhanga), Pitambar Paswan (Rosera), Mohammed Taslimudddin (Kishanganj), Surendra Prasad Yadav (Jehanabad), Vijay Kumar Vijay (Munger), and Surendra Prasad Yadav (Jhanjharpur).

RJD national spokesman, Shivanand Tiwari and Shakuni Choudhury, who recently switched over to RJD after parting ways with Samata Party, would enter in the fray from Buxar and Banka.