NEW DELHI: As the Congress's poor showing in the Bihar Assembly elections has sharpened concerns within the party, former Union Minister and party MP from Bihar, Tariq Anwar, has said it made a strategic mistake by staking claim to more than 50 seats in the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance).

Speaking to TNIE , the Katihar MP said the party must now undertake serious introspection if it wants to remain competitive in future elections.

The Congress managed to win only six out of the 61 seats it contested in the assembly polls. Anwar noted that the party did not have a sufficiently strong organisational network in the state to justify such a large share of seats.

While the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a thumping win by bagging 202 seats, Anwar argued that

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