CPI Force to Reckon With in Bihar Must Get More Seats: D Raja

Asked about the vice presidential polls, Raja said, "The CPI will give its full support to INDIA bloc candidate Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, whose commitment towards upholding the values enshrined in the Constitution is known to all."

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Asserting that the CPI was "a force to reckon with in Bihar," its general secretary D Raja hoped that senior alliance partners - the RJD and the Congress - would offer the party a "reasonable" number of seats in the upcoming assembly elections.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the party's 25th state conference here on Monday, Raja cited the CPI's "organisational strength and ability to transfer votes" to defend the stance that the Left outfit should get "twice, thrice or even four times" the number of seats this time, compared with 2020 when it had fought only six.