The dismal performance of the Congress in the Bihar assembly elections — struggling even to secure single-digit leads — has been attributed to a profound disconnect between the party’s central leadership in Delhi and its local functionaries in Patna.

This internal chaos was compounded by strategic blunders and a failure to heed ground-level warnings, highlighting the consequences of treating Bihar as a mere testing ground for high-command experiments.

Leadership Failures

The first visible sign of disarray was the appointment of Krishna Allavaru as the state in-charge. Local party workers frequently complained about the Delhi-flown leader’s inaccessibility and struggled to pronounce his name, referring to him jokingly as anything from “aloe vera" to “alallla." This tongue-twist

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