RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav’s contemporary observation in an interview with PTI – that the Congress will have to center of attention on 200-odd parliamentary seats wherein it’s in direct fight with the BJP whilst taking a “backseat” in states the place regional events are dominant gamers – turns out to have additional strained the connection between the 2 events, that have been in an alliance since 2000 barring the 2009 basic elections.

On Tuesday, the functionaries of the 2 allies clashed on Twitter over Tejashwi’s observation, with the Congress’ social media division nationwide convenor Saral Patel chiding the RJD that “Congress doesn’t want your recommendation, stay your recommendation to your self. Congress persons are succesful sufficient to consider what it will have to do”.

The RJD fielded its social media convenor Aakash to answer Patel’s tweet, wherein he even tagged Tejashwi. The RJD functionary taunted the Congress, announcing “The Congress is so in a position to enthusiastic about itself that it’s combating with NOTA. This vanity has diminished you to ranges underneath NOTA”.

Ballot information displays that the Congress has been in a state of decline in Bihar for the reason that 2020 Meeting polls, wherein the birthday party controlled to win handiest 19 out of the 70 seats it contested even because the RJD emerged as the only greatest birthday party by means of scalping 75 out of 144 seats it fought. In reality, on many events, the RJD leaders have held the Congress accountable for their birthday party preventing wanting a majority within the polls.

Right through the 2021 bypolls to the Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Meeting seats, the RJD had rejected the Congress’ seat-sharing be offering. “Why will have to we give the seat to Congress? In order that they might lose? So they might lose their deposit?” RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav had then stated. A decision from Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Lalu to investigate about his well being had helped mend their events’ ties to a point.

On the other hand, the RJD had then completed an in depth 2d in each the seats, in the back of the Janata Dal (United), with the Congress applicants not able to ballot even 5 consistent with cent votes in every constituency. The grand previous birthday party’s shedding streak continues in 2022, with its candidate failing to garner even one consistent with cent vote within the Bochachan Meeting seat bypoll, wherein the RJD received.

Additionally, within the contemporary polls to the 24 Bihar Legislative Council seats, the Congress may just get just one seat. The birthday party’s best possible efficiency in Bihar lately used to be noticed all over the 2015 Meeting polls when it had received 27 out of 40 seats in a “mahagathbandhan (mega alliance)” with the RJD and the JD(U).

 

 

RJD nationwide spokesperson Subodh Mehta instructed The Indian Categorical that his birthday party has been looking to persuade the Congress to just accept its tips “borne out by means of pragmatic politics and the data of 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections”.

“In western India, Congress continues to be the high opponent of BJP however in japanese India, there was dominance of regional events. Congress has to just accept it and let regional events tackle BJP. It will have to center of attention on 265-odd seats of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and a few different states…If the BJP needs to be defeated, Congress and its allies have to position up a collective battle,” Mehta stated.