Congress faces problem in Bihar, Former MLA reveals news suggesting split
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Patna, Jan 6: Former Congress MLA recently claimed that at least 11 Congress MLAs out of 19 were on the verge of joining NDA. Whereas the Congress party denied on Jan 6 that the grand old party in Bihar was on the verge of split and that the news of 11 MLAs, out of 19, joining NDA was false. According to Former MLA Bharat Singh's claim, much like in 2017, when the then Bihar Congress president Ashok Choudhary and other Congress leaders joined the JD (U), at least 11 MLAs were on the verge of joining the NDA camp.
CLP leader and senior Congress MLA from Bhagalpur, Ajit Sharma has said “I have also seen the reports in a section of media that 11 out of 19 Congress MLAs are ready to cross over the fence and join the NDA. The claim has been made by a former Congress MLA. As leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), let me clarify that not one Congress MLA is deserting the grand old party.”
The development comes a day after the Congress relieved senior leader Shaktisinh Gohil from his duties as the party's Bihar in-charge and appointed Bhakta Charan Das in his place. Gohil, who had been the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Bihar for close to three years, had asked the party high command to relieve him from the post at the earliest.
Former MLA Bharat Singh said “This disgruntled group of Congress leaders, including the CLP leader Ajit Sharma and Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha, will soon join the NDA.” He has also added that AICC General Secretary and Bihar in-charge Shakti Singh Gohil had anticipated in advance about the imminent split and hence asked Sonia Gandhi to be relieved of Bihar affairs so that he was not blamed for the split in the party.
While the Congress party is denying of any factual basis for Singh's claims of the party's split in Bihar, BJP has also issued their statement for the issue stating that “The news of split in the Congress is coming from within the party. We have no role to play.”