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State Congress president Madan Mohan Jha, when approached with queries about the RJD's claim, said Darbhanga was an "important seat", but a final call will be taken by the party's high command. Siddiqui had fought the 2014 election from Madhubani and lost to Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav of the BJP. If the party asks me to contest from Darbhanga, I will put my heart, mind and soul into the fight." When asked about Bhai Virendra's statement, Siddiqui said, "I am a disciplined party worker. The party's decision to field Siddiqui - a senior leader who has formerly been the leader of the opposition in the Assembly and served as the finance minister - is seen as a move to placate the veteran, who is said to have been sulking over being sidelined following the entry of Lalu Prasad's sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav into active politics. Notably, senior RJD leader Mohd Ali Ashraf Fatmi won the seat in all Lok Sabha polls since 1991 except on three occasions - 1999, 20. A formal announcement would be made shortly," RJD MLA and chief state spokesman Bhai Virendra said here. "We would therefore like to contest the seat again and field Abdul Bari Siddiqui this time. Even in the 2014 polls, which were swept by the BJP-led NDA, our candidate lost the battle by a thin margin. The Lalu Prasad-led party contended that its candidate had lost the seat to the BJP by a thin margin in 2014. The Darbhanga Lok Sabha seat, represented by former test cricketer Kirti Azad, who recently quit the BJP and joined the Congress, on Tuesday emerged as a new bone of contention in the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar, with the RJD stating that it wished to field its veteran leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui from the seat.