Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will convene its meeting at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna on Wednesday, a politically significant development ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections.

The gathering will be attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and all 170 members of the committee.

While the Congress has described the meeting as crucial in the backdrop of unemployment and the law-and-order situation in Bihar under the NDA government, the BJP and its allies criticised the party, accusing it of remembering Bihar only when elections are approaching.

Speaking about the event, President of the All India Mahila Congress, Alka Lamba, told IANS, "A meeting had indeed taken place in Patna before Independence. However, this

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