Bihar Cong leaders discuss  seat-sharing with top brass-OxBig News Network

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Bihar, the Congress top brass along with the party’s state leadership on Monday held a meeting to discuss the election strategy and seat-sharing under the grand alliance.

Sources in the Congress said the party had intensified its preparations for the elections, and in this sequence, an important meeting of prominent leaders of the Bihar Congress was held with the top leadership in New Delhi today.

“In this meeting, important issues like election strategy and seat-sharing within the grand alliance were discussed in detail,” a source said.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi were prominently involved in the meeting that was held at Indira Bhawan, the source said.

Bihar Pradesh Congress chief Rajesh Ram, Bihar Congress in-charge Krishna Allavaru, all Congress MPs from Bihar and Congress Legislature Party leader in Bihar Shakeel Ahmed Khan were part of this important discussion.

The grand alliance or ‘Mahagathbandhan’ meeting was held in Bihar two days ago. The Congress’ meeting has taken place at a time when election activities have intensified within the alliance in Bihar.

On July 12, a meeting of all constituent parties of the grand alliance was held in Patna, in which initial talks were held regarding the distribution of seats. In such a situation, in today’s Delhi meeting, the Congress leadership took the opinion of its leaders from Bihar on seat-sharing, another source said.

“It is expected that through this meeting, the Congress will formulate a strategy to strengthen its position in Bihar and play an effective role within the Grand Alliance,” the above source said.

He added the main objective of the meeting is to formulate a solid electoral strategy in Bihar along with the grand alliance, so that the BJP-NDA alliance can be given a tough challenge in the upcoming elections.

“There will also be discussions among the leaders on how all the constituent parties should contest the elections unitedly and give a positive message to the public. After building a consensus within the party on seat-sharing, the Congress will be ready for the final round of talks with other allies of the Grand Alliance,” the above source said.

Today’s meeting will play an important role in deciding the direction of the future political steps of the Congress in Bihar.