Bihar elections: full coverage
Bihar is talked about in congressional circles because of the choice of strategy and personnel, and many believe that a better reading of the situation would have yielded an expected victory.
Insiders said that Congress had brought down the opposition alliance, while the leading party, RJD, played its role adequately in the fight against the combined JD (U) – BJP.
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Dissidents, particularly the G23 who wrote to Sonia Gandhi questioning the absence of a full-time leader, believe that Bihar has vindicated the questions posed by them. A major problem is the need for a nuanced strategy to deal with the Modi-led BJP.
Rahul’s decision to focus on the prime minister in Bihar polls despite repeated advice that the party should avoid direct attacks on him. “Modi has gotten under Rahul Gandhi’s skin and he (Rahul) chooses to focus on him. When we say that it is not a good course, we are told that we are afraid of the prime minister, ”said an official.
Cong veteran blames brass for a poor show
Bihar veteran and congressman Shakeeluzzaman Ansari has accused the party’s central managers of mismanagement and electoral irregularities, holding them responsible for the Mahagathbandhan “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” Ansari said there were serious problems in the way the tickets were distributed, while the electoral management committee never met to discuss strategy and rectify problems during the electoral process, reasons that, he said, drove workers away from the party. in the state and dissuaded them from taking over the campaign.
A day after the survey results in Bihar, Ansari sent a letter to the president of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, demanding that she send an investigation panel to the state to investigate the reasons behind the defeat. Ansari appointed the chairman of the Bihar selection committee, Avinash Pande, Shaktisinh Gohil in charge of Bihar and the special emissary of the survey Randeep Surjewala for the electoral “mess”. He said the national panel distributed entries about his whims and fantasies.
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