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The apical enactment of the Congress met with leaders from Bihar to reappraisal the party’s debacle successful the caller Assembly elections connected Thursday (November 27, 2025).
All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge, elder person Rahul Gandhi, and wide caput (organisation) K. C. Venugopal met implicit 70 leaders from Bihar successful abstracted batches of 10 astatine the enactment headquarters.
“Today’s 4-hour reappraisal gathering with our candidates & leaders from Bihar, under Hon’ble Congress President and Hon’ble LOP’s leadership, made 1 happening perfectly clear: the Bihar predetermination was not a genuine mandate, but a grossly managed and fabricated outcome,” Mr. Venugopal said successful a station connected X.
“What happened successful Bihar is thing abbreviated of a nonstop battle connected democracy,” helium added.
However, sources told The Hindu that a bulk of the leaders pointed retired problems with respect to summons distribution, “outsiders” being fixed tickets astatine the outgo of enactment loyalists, deficiency of coordination with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), ineffective enactment by AICC in-charge for Bihar Krishna Allavuru, among others.
Several leaders talked astir the enactment having to transportation the “baggage” of the RJD and wanted the Congress to illustration retired its ain way successful the State.
Sources said the ambiance earlier the ceremonial gathering began was tense arsenic Bihar leaders blamed each different for the canvass drubbing, starring to heated arguments.
Mr. Allavaru, however, denied these reports arsenic good arsenic allegations of tickets being ‘sold’.
“Yes, determination were immoderate arguable tickets (given) but erstwhile you speak, you should talk with data. The borderline of nonaccomplishment successful these arguable tickets was little than the non-controversial ones. It’s casual to level allegations but arsenic liable people, you should beryllium careful,” helium said.
“When I entered the room, determination was nary specified happening arsenic Bihar leaders hurling abuses astatine each other,” helium added.
Asked astir taking accountability for the party’s mediocre performance, Mr. Allavuru put up a beardown antagonistic astir “engineered elections”. “The results person gone beyond vote chori as this is an engineered mandate,” helium said, adding, “How is that the BJP and its allies person a two-third onslaught rate?”
Several elder leaders including Lok Sabha member Tariq Anwar and his workfellow from the Rajya Sabha Akhilesh Prasad Singh said the party’s enactment has assured astir taking corrective steps.
“For the archetypal time, the AICC has had a elaborate reappraisal and everyone has fixed their suggestion. We person been told that correctives volition beryllium taken,” Mr. Anwar said.
