Congress and RJD Clash Ahead of Bihar By-Elections Over Reserved Seat

Tensions have flared after both parties fielded candidates in a seat which the Congress thought was reserved for it.

Sparking up a new controversy ahead of the Bihar by-elections, Bihar Congress leader Bhakta Charan Das accused the Rashtriya Janata Dal of joining hands with the BJP on Tuesday, 19 October.

Talking to The Hindu and responding to the RJD's refusal to hand over the Kusheshwarsthan constituency to the Congress Party to contest in the by-elections, Das alleged that "the alliance among the Congress, the RJD and the Left happened ... specifically to fight the communal forces."

"The obvious question that comes to mind is that if the RJD has broken the alliance, are they now with the communal forces?"