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INDIA bloc dithers as Tejashwi meets Kharge
The Morning Standard
|October 14, 2025
Congress not ready to climb down from its demand for 60 seats, HAM leader says party’s strength undervalued, warns of consequences
THE uncertainty in the Opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) camp continues even as RJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday evening. Though the alliance is yet to seal the deal, sources said that both leaders have discussed seatsharing arrangements ahead of the Bihar assembly polls.
According to Congress insiders, the party is not ready to climb down from its demand of nothing less than 60 seats in the 243 assembly.
This story is from the October 14, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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