As usual, the Congress party moves very slowly, which cost dearly in the past as well in present elections, the source says. Pappu Yadav merged his party with Congress and perhaps was very hopeful to get the ticket from the Purnia constituency source says. Tejaswi Yadav, RJD leader without consulting the Congress party announced the name of Bima Bharti from the Purnia constituency a source says. She joined RJD from JD(U), but Congress failed to pursue an RJD leader for Pappu Yadav source says. Similarly, the Shiv Sena Uddhav group announced the name of Amul Kartikar from Mumbai (North-West) source says. Congress wanted to nominate Sanjay Nirupam for this seat but a lacklustre approach to leadership cost this seat also source says.