Patna: Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday made it categorically clear that there was no rift within the Mahagatbandhan and “all confusion within the I.N.D.I.A. bloc will be cleared by Thursday.”

Tejashwi was responding after senior Congress observer for Bihar and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot met RJD chief Lalu Prasad and the Opposition’s undeclared Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav here in Patna on Wednesday.

Sources privy to the meet said that the ‘fruitful talks’ centred around how to avoid friendly fights amongst the constituents of the Mahagatbandhan. Of the 243 seats, altogether 254 candidates of the RJD-led alliance are in the fray, which includes Congress and RJD face off in five seats while Congress and CPI o

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