Two Congress Dy CMs if Grand Alliance triumphs in Bihar: Shahnawaz
11-Dec-2024 07:03 PM 6676
Patna, Dec 11 (Reporter) Congress on Wednesday said two leaders from the party will be Deputy Chief Ministers while RJD leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav will lead the government as Chief Minister if the Grand Alliance was voted to power in Bihar in the 2025 state assembly elections. Congress-in-charge of Bihar Shahnawaz Alam said Grand Alliance was all set to come to power in next year's assembly elections. "There will be two Deputy Chief Ministers from Congress while RJD leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav will be the Chief Minister," he said. Alam rejected the claim of TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to lead the INDIA bloc, saying Congress was a national party with an all India presence. If anyone thought that Congress had no strength in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and other Hindi-speaking states, it would be a "gross miscalculation", he added. "Question of INDIA bloc leadership would be settled by all its constituent parties in meeting ", the Congress leader said. In an obvious reference to Rahul Gandhi, he said a leader was being targeted by all those who had attended the marriage ceremony of the son of an industrialist recently in Mumbai. It may be mentioned that RJD chief Lalu Prasad and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had attended the marriage of the son of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, but Gandhi stayed away. Congress leaders are said to be peeved over Lalu Prasad lending his support behind Mamata Banerjee saying she should be made leader of the INDIA bloc. There was no point in objections being raised by Congress on the issue, Lalu had remarked...////...
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