Overview
- Former CLP leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan said the alliance with the RJD damaged Congress and urged the party to chart an independent course in Bihar.
- RJD leaders rejected the charge, asserting Congress won its limited seats due to RJD support and noting Congress had sought the alliance.
- In the 2025 assembly polls, Congress won 6 of 61 seats and the RJD took 25 of 143, as the NDA secured 202 of 243 seats statewide.
- Khan lost Kadwa to JD(U)’s Dulal Chandra Goswami, while Congress leaders cited AIMIM’s exclusion and independent Pappu Yadav’s presence as factors in key Seemanchal losses.
- No formal break has been announced, though Congress figures describe the Grand Alliance as non-viable and the state unit is prioritising rebuilding its organisation.