Amid tectonic political churn at the hustings in Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reiterated the party's push for a caste-based census across the country.
On the political uncertainty in Bihar, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday that the ultimate objective of the INDIA bloc is to change the Union government (BJP at the Centre), adding that seat-sharing is being discussed on a state-by-state basis.
Amid political uncertainty in Bihar and speculations that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could again join hands with BJP and leave the INDIA bloc, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that he will speak only after getting proper information and "those interested in saving de
Bihar Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan said that the claims made by the media that there is a possibility of Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar joining hands with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) again are 'baseless'.
Bihar Congress chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh, newly appointed state in-charge Mohan Prakash, along with leaders like Ranjeet Ranjan and Shakeel Ahmed, were among those present in the meeting.
Rajasthan will become the second state in the country after Bihar to conduct Caste based Survey after the state government passed an order on Saturday to conduct the survey.
Lalan Singh while interacting with the media has said “The country can see that PM Narendra Modi is scared. He is desperate and nervous after the formation of the INDIA alliance.”
Even as Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday scotched rumours of his resignation in light of the persisting civil unrest in the state, the Congress's Bihar chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh demanded that he step down or be removed by the BJP if he fails to do so.
"Rahul Gandhi doesn't have the greed for power or chair. He could have also become PM earlier when the party registered victory in 2009 and because of his contributions, the party performed well in Uttar Pradesh in that election," Singh told ANI.
The PCC (Pradesh Congress Committee) added that Kumar has always been a staunch opponent of the Congress party but because of fewer Congress leaders in Bihar, they were forced to accept Kumar as their leader. Krishna also talked about the weak representation of the Congress party in Bihar.