Making a strong pitch during the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in poll-bound Bihar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Wednesday the “internal discord” within the NDA is now out in the open, and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “has been mentally retired by the BJP”, who has become “a liability”.

Kharge also mentioned the recent order by the Uttar Pradesh Government banning caste-based political rallies, and said that it was the “most bizarre” thing done by the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath , “who considers himself the successor to the Prime Minister”. “He previously wrote an article opposing reservations. Now he has banned rallies held in the name of castes,” said Kharge during his opening remarks at the extended CWC meeting in Patna.

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