Fixed Timeline, Seat Division & More: What Congress, RJD Discussed At Key Meet Ahead Of Bihar Polls

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Last Updated:April 16, 2025, 14:25 IST

On the contented of the main ministerial look for the Mahagathbandhan, portion Congress leaders said the determination volition beryllium made later, RJD has repeatedly asserted that Tejashwi Yadav is their pick

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with LoP successful the Lok Sabha and enactment person Rahul Gandhi and RJD person Tejashwi Yadav during a meeting, successful New Delhi. (PTI)

The Congress and RJD, 2 cardinal constituents of the Mahagathbandhan, met astatine the residence of the Grand Old Party’s main Mallikarjun Kharge to chalk retired a roadmap for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, including fixing a timeline for poll-related decisions.

Senior Congress sources revealed that successful the meeting, which was besides attended by Rahul Gandhi and RJD person Tejashwi Yadav, it was emphasised that decisions regarding summons distribution, predetermination campaigns, and coordination should beryllium time-bound and summons allocation should not beryllium dragged until the fag-end of the predetermination process.

After the astir one-hour-long meeting, RJD person Tejashwi Yadav said: “We held a gathering and precise affirmative discussions took place. We volition conscionable our confederation partners successful Patna connected the 17th. We are afloat prepared. In their 20 years of governance, Bihar remains the poorest, with the lowest per capita income and the highest migration. We privation to contention the predetermination connected important issues."

When asked astir the main ministerial face, Tejashwi Yadav said: “Everything volition travel up aft discussions."

On the contented of the CM look for the Mahagathbandhan, respective Congress leaders person precocious said the determination volition beryllium made later. Congress person Sachin Pilot, during a sojourn to Patna, excessively had said the determination would travel post-election. In contrast, RJD has repeatedly asserted that Tejashwi Yadav is their CM face, hinting astatine dissonance betwixt the parties connected the issue.

RJD sources, post-meeting, revealed that successful the upcoming assembly elections, not lone summons organisation but besides campaigner enactment volition beryllium cautiously considered to guarantee the Mahagathbandhan maintains a societal equilibrium successful circumstantial regions and districts. In the past assembly election, Congress contested 70 seats but won lone 19, signaling the worst onslaught complaint among the Mahagathbandhan constituents.

RJD leaders consciousness that Congress’s mediocre onslaught complaint and incorrect campaigner enactment connected respective seats were the reasons the confederation fell abbreviated of a majority. Hence, for the upcoming elections, campaigner enactment volition beryllium done collaboratively to guarantee that a mediocre prime successful 1 spot does not negatively interaction that spot and surrounding constituencies.

Ahead of this year’s Bihar assembly elections, Congress has made important changes to its authorities organisation and intensified grassroots governmental activities. While Congress has clarified that it volition contention the elections successful confederation with RJD, enactment leaders person reiterated that the CM look volition beryllium decided later. Beyond the CM face, the part of seats, recognition of constituencies, and enactment of beardown candidates are apt to beryllium the cardinal challenges successful the alliance’s predetermination discussions.

The adjacent gathering of each Mahagathbandhan constituents volition instrumentality spot successful Patna connected April 17, wherever further strategies volition beryllium finalised.

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April 16, 2025, 14:25 IST

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