PATNA, Oct. 8 -- Even after continuous two-day deliberations, glitches persist in finalising the seat-sharing by the Opposition's Grand Alliance, with some leaders indicating that it might drag to Sunday even as the nominations for the first of Bihar polls begin on Friday. Insiders in the GA said that there is a clash of claims over the number of seats that all constituents like RJD, Congress, Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Left partners have proposed to contest and a consensus continues to elude. The alliance leaders, according to insiders, will meet in New Delhi in a day or two to iron out differences and come up with a final formula. "A final seat-sharing deal may be announced by Sunday as there are possibilities that the RJD leaders including Tejashwi would have a final talk with Congress leadership in New Delhi on Thursday," said a senior Congress leader, seeking anonymity. Besides, top state Congress leaders are also scheduled to have a meeting with members of the central election committee (CEC) in New Delhi to discuss the modalities of seat adjustment. Sources said the seat sharing deal would be announced first for the 121 seats going to polls in the first phase and subsequently, the deal would be announced for seats going to polls in the second phase on November 11. On Monday, RJD leader Tejashwi along with RJD top leaders had held a meeting with all major allies on seat adjustments but the talks remained inconclusive. It is reliably learnt that the RJD is keen on contesting 135 to 140 seats arguing it's the senior most constituent in the GA and has offered the Congress to contest 50-55 seats, a proposition the grand old party is not ready to accept. The Congress, some insiders said, is eying even more than 70 seats that it contested in 2020, with one insider saying that the party is bolstered by the support it has generated in recent months and has put claim to 90 seats. The Congress is also said to have zeroed in on seats that are winnable in Seemanchal and in South Bihar. Most of these seats will go to polls in the second phase on November 11. The RJD is obviously not ready to concede to its partner and hence a logjam has struck the seat-sharing deal. Congress legislature Party leader in state assembly, Shakeel Ahmad Khan subdued the "impression of rift" in the alliance and said that the talks were still going on with RJD and other allies. "We are working on the seat adjustment. Nothing is final, yet. An announcement would be made after talks are held at the central level,'' Khan said. To add to pre-poll imbroglio of the alliance, the CPI-ML(liberation), a major Left party in Bihar, is not happy with the offer of getting around 20-25 seats as against 19 seats that the party had contested in the last 2020 polls. The ML has already given a list of 40 seats to the RJD and is also eying around 12 seats, which were contested by RJD and Congress in the 2020 polls. "There are certain complications over seat adjustment as the number of allies in the GA this time is higher than last time. But we are hopeful that a respectable seat sharing arrangement would be worked out," said Kunal of the CPI-ML(L). He refuted the reports that the party had rejected the RJD's offer of contesting 20 seats. But he hinted that ML is eyeing several seats in Rohtas, central Bihar and Kosi areas where the RJD had contested in previous polls. Incidentally, the VIP, which was a NDA partner in 2020 and its leader Mukesh Sahni joined the alliance later, is also playing hardball in seat negotiations. The party claims to be sole proprietor over the Nishad (fishermen) community -- a significant group with EBCs. The GA is particularly trying to woo EBCs that constitute around 32-36% of the electorate in the state and play the pivotal part in determining who will be in power in Patna. The party is claiming 40 seats and its leader has also been vocal about having Deputy CM ambition if GA romps to power. It will be difficult to antagonise VIP and Sahni. "It is likely the VIP may get around 30 seats but that would force the RJD to concede around 20 seats from its own quota," said a GA leader. Sahni, however, said that the top GA leadership would take final call on seat arrangement....