The Mahagathbandhan (Grand alliance) in Bihar is fully "united" and "contesting the elections with strength" after the negotiations over the allocation of seat-sharing went down the line with a few days left for the polling for 243 constituencies on November 6 and November 11.
Independent Purnea MP Pappu Yadav, calling senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot "ambassador" of Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, backed his statement that the INDIA bloc is "fully united" for the Bihar Assembly election.
The Union Minister also accused the Mahagathbandhan alliance (Grand Alliance) of the RJD and Congress of dividing Biharis on "communal and ethnic lines" ahead of the polls on November 6 and November 11.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday stated that the Mahagathbandhan alliance has completely collapsed in Bihar, with serious infighting ongoing within the bloc.
Gehlot, who has been named as Senior Election Observer by the All Indian Congress Committee (AICC) for the assembly polls in Bihar, was accompanied by state Congress incharge Krishna Allavaru.
CPI(ML) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya on Wednesday distanced himself from Independent MP Pappu Yadav's remarks advocating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the face of the Mahagathbandhan for the upcoming Bihar elections.
"They distributed Rs 10,000 under the Mai Bahin Maan Yojana for the women of Bihar, which is a bribe. This is a loan, Amit Shah himself said it. This means that they will recover this money. Today, we are going to make another historic announcement," Yadav said while addressing a press co
Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who arrived in Patna on Wednesday ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, clarified that there is no significant conflict within the Mahagathbandhan.