New Delhi: Congress and RJD finally sat down to discuss preparations for the Mahagas Mountain vs. Bihar poll, which will be from October to November. RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav met with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and opposition Lok Sabha leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday to finalize the polling strategy for the election.
The meeting was a sign of difficult bargaining among allies of Mahagaudan Alliance, and all parties were seeking to strengthen their holdings on the ground.
Insiders claim that the election will compete together and no faces will be predicted until the outcome. Seats will be decided in advance. Alliance partners will also look for smaller parties that can strengthen the alliance.
Interestingly, the NDA suffered a minor blow with the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti party led by Pashupati Kumar Paras, which withdrew from the ruling coalition on the grounds of neglect and injustice. The party was founded in 2021 and a number of leaders walked out of the Lok Janshakti party.
Tejaswi Yadav spoke to reporters after meeting with Congress leaders, claiming that Nitish Kumar had been “hijacked” by the BJP.
“Nitish Ji was hijacked. Amit Shah has been saying that they will fight the election under his leadership, but it is not that Nitish will become CM.”
When asked about the appearance of Mahagathbandhan’s chief minister, Yadav urged the media not to speculate. The former deputy chief minister said: “I don’t know why you all worry about CM’s face. We’ll talk between ourselves and decide. Things will become clear… Everyone shouldn’t worry about it.”
RJD leaders said Congress and RJD would sit at Patna to complete the strategy and assert that the Indian group is committed to bringing Bihar into the path of progress.
“The current government has been in the Centre for 20 years in Bihar and Prime Minister PM Narendra Modi, and has been in the Centre for 11 years…At the time of all this, Bihar has been treated by stepmother. Bihar is the most economically backward with the lowest per capita income, the lowest farmers’ income, the highest farmers and the highest immigrants.
“We are the opposition and we have a responsibility to emphasize the limitations of the government to the public,” he said.
Congress Secretary General (Organization) KC Venugopal, Bihar Congress Director Rajesh Kumar and AICC Bihar were in charge of Krishna Allavaru attending the meeting.
