PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the Congress agreed to declare RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as the opposition alliance's chief ministerial candidate after the latter put a " katta " (country-made pistol) to the former's head.

Addressing a poll rally in Bihar's Arrah, the headquarters of the Bhojpur district, the prime minister alleged, "I am telling you an inside story. A game of 'goondagardi' was played in a closed-door room a day before the withdrawal of nomination papers. The Congress did not want to declare the RJD leader as the CM face of the opposition alliance. The RJD secured it by placing a katta (country-made pistol) on the head of the Congress."

PM Modi also claimed that the Congress was not taken into confidence before preparing the alliance's ma

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