INDIA bloc Declared Tejashwi Yadav for CM Candidate 'Bihar Elections'

The opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc on Thursday declared RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the Bihar Assembly elections.

At a press conference attended by all coalition partners, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot stated that the decision was backed by his party’s de facto leader,



Rahul Gandhi, and national president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Gehlot also said that Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni, who belongs to the extremely backward class, would be one of the Deputy Chief Ministers if the I.N.D.I.A bloc forms the government, along with a leader from another section of society who would occupy the same post.