Overview

• The Congress convened its first post-Independence CWC meeting in Bihar at Patna’s Sadaqat Ashram, drawing around 170 senior leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and three chief ministers.
• The committee passed resolutions accusing the BJP-led governments of undermining institutions and alleging voter-roll manipulation through the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision in Bihar, while the EC has rejected such claims and sought affidavits from accusers.
• Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to meet RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav today to discuss seat-sharing for the assembly polls, with reports indicating Congress wants about 70 seats and RJD is reluctant to go beyond roughly 60.
• Kharge framed the Bihar election as the beginning of the end of the Modi government’s ‘corrupt rule’ and said the BJP has ‘mentally retired’ Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, sharpening the party’s campaign message on jobs, social justice and a caste census.
• The CWC endorsed Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra and outlined further outreach including district press conferences and a ‘Ghar Ghar Adhikar Abhiyan’, as BJP and JD(U) dismissed the meeting as symbolic and flagged opposition seat-sharing strains.