Overview

• Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi met Bihar leaders in New Delhi to review the yatra feedback and set strategy on campaigning, manifesto, seat sharing and candidate selection.
• Seat allocations remain unresolved as talks continue with INDIA partners, with Congress signaling that allies may need to cede ground to accommodate additional parties.
• The party confirmed outreach to Hemant Soren’s JMM and Pashupati Kumar Paras’ RLJP to broaden the Mahagathbandhan alliance.
• The meeting drew senior figures including K. C. Venugopal, Ajay Maken, Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram, MPs Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Ranjeet Ranjan, Tariq Anwar, Mohammed Javed and Independent MP Pappu Yadav.
• Bihar votes for a 243-member assembly later this year, and the INDIA bloc’s coordination committee led by Tejashwi Yadav is slated to meet in Patna on September 15.