PATNA, Oct 27: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will kick off his campaign for the assembly polls in Bihar on Wednesday with rallies in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts.
Gandhi’s first rally will be at the reserved constituency of Sakra in Muzaffarpur, where the party has fielded Umesh Ram, the runner-up of the 2020 polls, said a statement issued by Rajesh Rathore, the chairperson of the state Congress media cell, on Monday.
The leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha is expected to be joined by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the chief ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc, said Rathore.
Later, Gandhi will address another rally in the adjoining Darbhanga district in support of the INDIA bloc candidates.
BJP EXPELS 4 REBELS
Amid the ongoing election campaign for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, political parties are tightening internal discipline to project unity within their ranks. In a major move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday expelled four rebel leaders from the party for six years, accusing them of indiscipline and anti-party activities.
According to Sharma, the expelled leaders — Varun Singh of Bahadurganj Assembly constituency, Anoop Kumar of Gopalganj, Pawan Yadav of Kahalgaon, and Surya Bhan Singh of Barhara — were contesting the elections either independently or from rival parties against the officially endorsed candidates of the NDA.
Party officials stated that this decision was necessary to maintain organisational discipline and unity within the NDA.Despite their expulsion, the rebel leaders have reportedly decided to continue their electoral campaigns, underscoring the growing challenge of managing dissent within the alliance.(Agencies)
