Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during a meeting.
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The Congress leadership on Monday (July 14, 2025) asked its Bihar unit to launch mass protests against the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the State before the Assembly elections.
The meeting, presided by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, was attended by Rahul Gandhi, general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal apart from State leaders, including Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Rajesh Kumar.
Independent Lok Sabha member from Purnia, Pappu Yadav, was also part of the meeting.
Mr. Pappu Yadav’ presence at the AICC meeting seeks to make a political point as he was not allowed to share stage along with Mr. Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav’s joint protests against the SIR in Patna on July 9.
The differences between the Purnia Lok Sabha member and the RJD leadership are well known. After the meeting, Mr. Pappu Yadav refused to acknowledge Mr. Tejashwi Yadav as the sole chief ministerial face of the RJD-Congress alliance in the State.
The PCC chief, however, played down the differences.
“There is no confusion within our alliance on any issue,” Mr. Kumar said, adding, “All the leaders of the INDIA alliance said in one voice that we should constitute the campaigning, manifesto committee as soon as possible”.
Published – July 15, 2025 02:03 am IST