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Cong war room in full throttle as campaign hits fever pitch

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

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November 03, 2025

WITH just days to go before the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on November 6, the Congress war room is operating round the clock to finetune its campaign strategy amid alliance challenges and regional complexities.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

The Congress is contesting 61 seats in the state, with 56 candidates facing direct contests against the BJP and JD(U). Speaking to this paper, Vaibhav Walia, a member of the party's war room operations team, said the focus this time is on improving the strike rate through a data-driven, constituencyspecific approach. The war room, comprising a core group of hundreds of members, is working around the clock to streamline the preparations across the state.

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