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The Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025) and is learnt to person cleared 25 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections in seats that are accepted Congress strongholds.
Though seat-sharing talks are inactive connected with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress is expected to contention astir 55 to 60 seats retired of the 243 Assembly seats arsenic portion of the Opposition alliance, called the Mahagathbandhan successful Bihar.
Top leaders, including Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, enactment main Mallikarjun Kharge, and Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, joined the CEC deliberations virtually. AICC wide caput (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and enactment treasurer Ajay Maken were among the leaders who attended the gathering held astatine Indira Bhawan, the party’s caller headquarters.
Congress strongholds
Bihar Congress main Rajesh Ram said the elder enactment functionaries patiently heard the leaders from the State, adding that the seats discussed during the gathering are those which person already been cleared by the confederation partners and person been strongholds of the Congress.
“At the CEC meeting, we said those seats which are traditionally held by the Congress would stay with us...for which candidates person besides been decided aft deliberations,” the Bihar Congress main said.
“But we volition state the names of candidates lone aft treatment with our confederation partners and besides with our authorities leaders,” Mr. Ram said, adding that the fig of seats each spouse volition contention would beryllium announced jointly.
“We are blessed with the seats discussed contiguous astatine the CEC meeting... All apical leaders agreed to our suggestions and candidates projected by State leaders,” helium said.
‘No seat-sharing fight’
The Bihar Congress main insisted that determination is nary combat for seats among the Mahagathbandhan partners. “We volition jointly determine the candidates and denote them astatine a property conference, aft clarity amongst each our partners,” helium said.
The Congress person successful the Bihar Assembly Shakeel Ahmed said that the CEC has granted its support for campaigner names successful seats which are Congress strongholds. “One circular of discussions with confederation partners remains and aft that we would determine connected the seats that each 1 is contesting,” Mr. Ahmed said successful effect to questions connected seat-sharing.
CEC subordinate and Kishanganj MP Mohammed Jawaid aboriginal confirmed that the enactment has cleared the names of 25 candidates for the upcoming polls.
On Thursday, elder Congress leaders specified arsenic Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jairam Ramesh are apt to merchandise a chargesheet successful Patna against the Nitish Kumar-led NDA authorities successful the State.
