"Ashok Gehlot coming to Bihar after everything over for Mahagathbandhan...": Chirag Paswan

Patna (Bihar) [India], October 22 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday stated that the Mahagathbandhan alliance has completely collapsed in Bihar, with serious infighting ongoing within the bloc.
Paswan also questioned the absence of Rahul Gandhi in the Bihar battleground, adding that Congress sending Ashok Gehlot would not yield any fruitful results in the upcoming polls.
"The way an infighting is going on in the Mahagathbandhan and the way the alliance has completely collapsed, even after that if they are thinking that they will come to power, I think it is nothing less than 'Mungeri Lal ke sapne'... Today, after so many days, they addressed the media. Where were they for so long? Today, Ashok Gehlot has come to Bihar after everything is over in the Mahagathbandhan. Where is Rahul Gandhi? Isn't it the responsibility of senior leaders to sit and sort things out maturely?" Paswan asked.
He further said that people here will not trust the Mahagathbandhan, and the Assembly results will be a repeat of Haryana, where the BJP won amid infighting among Congress leaders in the state.

"This shows that the alliance that cannot keep its parties together, how will it keep the 14 crore people of Bihar together?... These people either don't know how to form an alliance or how to keep the alliance intact. The people of Bihar have understood that they are not going to give the state into their hands... The result that we saw in Haryana, the same result we are going to see in Bihar for Mahagathbandhan," he said.
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot arrived in Patna on Wednesday and met Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav in an effort to address the internal disputes within the Mahagathbandhan, particularly regarding overlapping seat announcements between alliance partners.
Gehlot, who has been named as Senior Election Observer by the All Indian Congress Committee (AICC) for the assembly polls in Bihar, was accompanied by state Congress incharge Krishna Allavaru.
Gehlot, who arrived in Patna today, clarified that there is no significant conflict within the Mahagathbandhan. He said minor differences over a few seats in the 243-member alliance are normal and not unusual in any state-level coalition.
The 2025 Bihar Elections will see a contest between the National Democratic Alliance and the Mahagathbandhan. The NDA comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
The Mahagathbandhan led by Rashtriya Janata Dal includes the Congress party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) led by Deepankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP).
Additionally, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj has also staked claims on all 243 seats of the state. Polling in the Bihar 2025 elections is scheduled to take place on November 6 and 11, respectively, while the results will be declared on November 14. (ANI)