The Congress has become active about the Bihar assembly elections. The Congress, who is trying to find its land in Bihar, is eyeing the Dalit vote bank. Under this strategy, Rahul Gandhi has gone to Patna 2 times so far this year. In February, 2 meetings of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are to be held. After this, Priyanka Gandhi’s program is being made in March. Congress election teams have also started working in Bihar.
Mallikarjun Kharge will address a public meeting in Buxar on 22 February. Preparations are being made for the meeting of Kharge in West Champaran on 28 February within a week. The meetings of Kharge have been named Jai Bapu, Jai Bhima, Jai Constitution. Through this, the Congress wants to cultivate the Dalit population of Bihar. Earlier, the focus of both Rahul Gandhi’s programs was on the Dalit population. The first Constitution Security Conference was attended by Bhagirath Manjhi, son of Mountain Man Man Dasharatha Manjhi. Within two weeks, Rahul Gandhi participated in the program of the birth anniversary of freedom fighter and senior Congress leader Jaglal Chaudhary from Dalit society.
There is no big Dalit leader in Congress-RJD alliance
Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi from Paswan society in Bihar are big leaders of Manjhi society and both are currently part of NDA. Apart from these two castes, there is a large section of Dalit society in Bihar, but there is no big Dalit leader in the Congress-RJD alliance. The Congress is trying to make its inroads in this society in Bihar.
But the question arises that why the top leadership of the Congress is constantly visiting Bihar? Is the Congress preparing to contest elections alone in Bihar?
‘Congress wants to show its strength’
Sources say that the Congress will not contest elections alone, but the Congress wants to show its strength before seat sharing with RJD. In the last assembly election, the Congress got seventy seats, out of which it could win only nineteen seats. The message went that Tejashwi could not become CM due to Congress. In such a situation, this time the possibility is being expressed that RJD is not ready to give more than forty seats to the Congress. CPI ML is demanding more seats in the opposition alliance. Apart from this, this time you have to leave seats for VIP party. Obviously, the Congress may have to suffer losses.
This is the reason that the Congress wants to play the role of a strong partner in the alliance instead of a coalition of compulsion in Bihar. Apart from maintaining the number of its quota seats, the Congress is also trying to get strong seats. Last time the Congress did not get seats of choice. Congress sources say that this time, if you get seats of choice, then it can compromise on some less seats. This is the reason why the Congress has started laying the board already. The Congress wants to put pressure on the RJD by showing its strength so that it gets full respect in seat sharing.
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Rahul Gandhi’s close a close in charge of Bihar Congress
Congress state president Akhilesh Prasad Singh is close to Lalu Prasad Yadav, in such a situation, the challenge before him is that the Congress does not have to sacrifice excessively in the alliance. However, if such a situation comes, then the preparation of the Congress can show the eyes to the RJD has already started. If all goes well, in the end the coalition will also get the benefit of Congress’s Dalit card.
Last week, young leader Krishna Alavaru was made the new in -charge of Bihar Congress, who is considered very close to Rahul Gandhi. Krishna has been engaged to prepare the future team in Bihar. Whatever the election results, the Congress leadership wants to convey a message to the young leaders of Bihar Congress that in future it has to get out of the shadow of RJD.
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