PATNA: The opposition INDIA bloc is likely to announce senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, scheduled to be held next month.

Sources in the RJD said that the party raised the issue of announcing the CM face of the opposition alliance during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday between senior Congress leaders, including Ashok Gehlot and Krishna Allavaru, and RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav.

Though Gehlot avoided making any direct comment on Tejashwi’s announcement as CM candidate of the INDIA bloc, he said, “All confusion will be cleared at a joint press conference of alliance partners on Thursday.” He, however, claimed that all was well wi

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