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In the run-up to the Bihar Assembly election, dissent grew wrong the Indian National Democratic, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc connected Sunday implicit the organisation of tickets to contest.
Sitting Congress MLA from Kasba, Mohammad Afaque Alam, upon being denied a ticket, levelled a superior allegation against the Bihar Congress in-charge Krishna Allavaru, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Rajesh Ram, and Congress Legislative Party person Shakeel Ahmed Khan. Alleging that the elder enactment of the Bihar Congress was extorting wealth for tickets, Mr. Alam demanded an probe by Congress person Rahul Gandhi.
On Saturday (October 18, 2025) night, the Congress Election Committee had released the names of 5 much candidates, with the enactment nominating Mohammad Irfan Alam for the Kasba Assembly constituency, replacing the three-time sitting MLA.
“The party’s cleanable representation has been maligned. I privation to precise intelligibly authorities that wealth has been extorted by Rajesh Ram, Allavaru, and Shakeel Ahamed Khan. There are immoderate different leaders arsenic good who person made the Mahagathbandhan (‘Grand Alliance’) impure. Rahul Gandhi-ji indispensable intervene and analyse into the summons distribution,” Mr. Afaque Alam said successful a video connection posted connected societal media.
Later successful the day, an audio clip, purportedly of Mr. Afaque Alam speaking to Mr. Ram connected a telephone call, went viral connected societal media. In the audio clip, Mr. Afaque Alam is heard requesting the BPCC president to intervene and talk to the party’s apical leaders successful Delhi to springiness him the ticket.
In the audio clip, Mr. Ram is heard expressing his helplessness, and saying that helium had already fixed his best, and had adjacent signed his document, but immoderate radical successful the enactment were engaged successful “other ways around”. His hands were tied, Mr. Ram is further heard saying successful the audio clip, adding that the apical enactment enactment was not “not listening to him”.
Mr. Ram is heard saying Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was besides progressive successful the enactment of Mr. Irfan Alam, who is reportedly adjacent to the MP. On Friday, a video of Mr. Pappu Yadav and Mr. Irfan Alam went viral connected societal media. The Kasba Assembly constituency falls nether the Purnea district.
On Saturday, Anand Madhab, spokesperson and president of the BPCC’s probe department, discontinue the station with contiguous effect. Disgruntled enactment leaders, including a sitting MLA and a erstwhile MLA, had accused Mr. Allavaru and Mr. Ram of “selling enactment tickets”.
Similar situations played retired successful the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Madan Prasad, who contested the erstwhile Assembly predetermination from the Madhuban Assembly constituency, was seen crying for a ticket. Mr. Prasad tore his kurta extracurricular erstwhile Chief Minister Rabri Devi’s residence, and laic down connected the road.
Mr. Prasad alleged that RJD person Tejashwi Yadav’s governmental advisor and Rajya Sabha subordinate Sanjay Yadav had denied him the summons due to the fact that helium hadn’t paid what was demanded. “He told maine to springiness ₹2.7 crore for the summons but I refused — Sanjay Yadav has sold the ticket,” Mr. Prasad alleged.
Upset implicit the denial of the ticket, different RJD leader, Ritu Jaiswal, who contested the 2020 Assembly predetermination from the Parihar Assembly seat, said she would contention arsenic an autarkic candidate. “My conscience does not judge contesting the Assembly predetermination from immoderate constituency different than Parihar. I person intelligibly informed the enactment enactment that if the enactment does not alteration its decision, I volition contention the predetermination from Parihar arsenic an autarkic candidate,” Ms. Jaiswal posted connected societal media level X.
The summons has been fixed to Smita Purve, daughter-in-law of erstwhile RJD State president Ramchandra Purve.
Ms. Jaiswal confirmed her volition successful a aboriginal post. “I privation to pass each the respected voters of the Parihar Assembly constituency that I americium going to record my information arsenic an autarkic [candidate] from the Parihar Assembly constituency time morning. I petition each my friends, well-wishers, and supporters to be successful ample numbers and bestow their blessings,” Ms. Jaiswal said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary took a excavation astatine the INDIA bloc. “It’s not known whether the confederation has been formed oregon not. The large question is whether the Mahagathbandhan exists oregon not,” Mr. Choudhary said.
