Congress on verge of being wiped out from Bihar

Congress struggles in Bihar with declining performance, lack of leadership, and disillusioned party workers.

- SAURABH SHARMA

After back-to-back losses in Haryana, Maharashtra and recently in Delhi Assembly elections, the Congress party appears to be a weaker political force in Bihar, a state which will witness the Assembly elections in the next six months.

A top state leader, who did not wish to be named, told The Sunday Guardian, "As far as the preparations for Bihar elections are concerned, the Congress party is a sinking ship and appears to be in no mood to learn anything from its previous failures."

The grand old party will contest the crucial Bihar Assembly elections in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, but party leaders have expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the state unit and claim that "looking at the present situation, the party will lose badly, and all its cadre will drift toward the RJD."