This special report focuses on the tense, last-minute seat-sharing negotiations within Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan alliance, featuring key figures like RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and leaders from the Congress party. With the deadline for the first phase of election nominations fast approaching, journalist Moshmi Singh dramatically referred to the night of negotiations as a situation where everything would be decided ‘in this Qayamat Ki Raat, which we can call it Akshata today’. The deadlock centres on the Congress party’s demand for 60-65 seats, a figure the RJD has been reluctant to concede. Further complicating matters are the demands from the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), led by Mukesh Sahni, which is reportedly seeking 20 seats and the Deputy Chief Minister’s post, adding another layer of challenge to the high-stakes talks in Patna.