Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday indicated the party’s acceptance of RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav as the chief ministerial candidate for the INDIA alliance in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

Speaking to the media during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna, Khera said, “We are contesting on issues. The faces are in front of you. All is known to everyone.”

When pressed on why Congress had backed Tejashwi in 2020 but is hesitant to declare him as the CM face this time, he replied metaphorically, “When the Sun is shining bright in the sky, you do not need to declare it.”

Khera also dismissed claims by NDA leaders, including Union minister Chirag Paswan, that holding the CWC meeting in Patna was a show of strength by Congress in a state where it is con

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