Serious Approach To Do Better In Bihar?

Congress party and its leadership especially Rahul Gandhi are very serious about the coming elections of Bihar. Recently he visited and tried to meet leaders and later called all leaders to Delhi to discuss strategy for elections source says. In the meeting, he said that the Congress party should organise meetings, yantras and gosh these on the occasion of Sharad Yadav’s Jayanti source says. One amongst all said that Sharad Yadav did not have followings in the state nor any support on the ground, so a program in his name is likely to misfire source says. Rahul, though upset with the remarks calmly asked the present leaders to suggest any name or draw any program source says. One leader says that the party should focus on attracting Brahmin voters, who have committed voters in the past source says.

It's said that Rahul convinced the leaders that the party should work for Dalits and downtrodden because the upper caste in Bihar is only 16/17% and added that in the Ahmedabad conference, scheduled for 8th and 9th the focus will be Dalits, backwards and downtrodden, the party would try to be seen with them source says. Rahul is again going to Bihar on the 7th and it becomes necessary for state leaders to be present in the capital after meeting with Rahul, it will be very difficult for the state leaders to reach Ahmedabad for the scheduled meeting unless they go by air source. In this event, the state leaders are cursing the state president for such a tight schedule source says. State leaders are also not happy with the state president, who is considered to be close to RJD and favours alliance with Lalu’s party, a source says.

Congress party is preparing to contest all seats and in case of a coalition minimum of 80 seats but RJD leadership is trying to convince the Congress leadership to accept the proposal of 40 seats source says. The crucial decision perhaps will be taken at Ahemadabad in the presence of all leaders source says.