"Mahagathbandhan has no mission or vision; there is only division and confusion. Today, the Mahagathbandhan will hold a joint PC, but pictures of only Tejashwi Yadav can be seen at the venue. They have deleted Rahul Gandhi and other leaders from the photos. Does RJD consider Rahul Gandhi
Independent MP Pappu Yadav on Thursday invited Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to join the Mahagathbandhan, saying the BJP is stabbing him from behind.
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.
"NDA is not giving due respect to Nitish Kumar... People see this Bihar election as PM Modi vs Rahul Gandhi, and this will benefit the INDIA alliance... I stand by Congress's ideology," Pappu Yadav told ANI.
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.
Speaking to reporters in Patna, Yadav said, "The entire public is on one side. All people are standing with the 'Mahagathbandhan'. Only the grand alliance's government will be formed. When the public is united, it will unite everyone..."
With less than two weeks to go for Bihar assemby polls, Purnea MP Pappu Yadav on Monday claimed that people from the backward communities, Dalits, minorities follow the ideology of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
"If I were the one to decide... I wouldn't have gotten one seat. Congress runs on ideals and is a principled party. It has discipline. When these people (Afaque Alam) did cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha (bypolls), Congress was disgruntled. The worker who has been given the ticket doesn't
Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, on Sunday emphasised that victory is more important than the seat distribution for the INDIA bloc in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election.
Purnea MP Pappu Yadav on Friday welcomed RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's recent promise of giving government job to every Bihar household stating that everyone has the right to speak. He also lauded the Congress noting that the party has given the most government jobs.