Poor performance of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc in the Bihar Assembly election has raised serious concerns over the leadership of the alliance.

The delay in its campaign, the internal conflict over seat distribution, and rigidity over the chief ministerial candidate are some of the major issues that did not allow Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) to take off.

Though its top leaders such as Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi tried to show a united front in public, the infighting within the alliance impacted its cohesiveness. Selection of candidates and seat distribution at the eleventh hour, when the last date of the nomination was near, led to distraction among the voters.

The RJD being rigid about Tejashwi Yadav as the Chief Ministerial candidate als

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