January 28, 2024 09:45 pm | Updated 09:45 pm IST - PatnaThe JD(U) on Sunday blamed the Congress for the collapse of the INDIA bloc in Bihar, saying its leaders were interested in strengthening their party and not the Opposition grouping. Tyagi told reporters that a "caucus" within the Congress wanted to capture the INDIA bloc leadership, and its president Mallikarjun Kharge's name was proposed as the chairperson of the grouping as part of the conspiracy. "We have regret as well as relief that our leader who brought together the INDIA bloc has walked out of it," Mr. Tyagi said. The Congress never accommodated any ally in the States where it is strong, he said and cited several Assembly polls. The INDIA bloc sorely lacked the optics needed to take on a grassroots party like the BJP, which is headed by a popular leader in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.

Source: The Hindu January 29, 2024 01:49 UTC