Bihar Election 2025: The Mahagathbandhan is making fresh attempts to reach out to the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) in Bihar. The MGB released a 10-point plan called the Atipichhda Nyay Sankalp in September that promises a series of measures aimed at empowering EBC communities. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna held in September was carefully designed to send this message out. It was held at the historic Sadaqat Ashram, underlining the party’s attempt to reconnect with Bihar’s roots. The move also signalled the Congress’s intent to carve out its own political space in the state, even as it faces pressure from the RJD to project Tejashwi Yadav as the chief ministerial face of the alliance.
Among the key promises made in the EBC-focused plan, announced by Rahu