Tariq Anwar blames Congress' state unit for poor performance in Bihar elections

Reacting to his party's abysmal performance in recently-concluded Bihar elections, Congress leer Tariq Anwar on Monday said that Congress needed to 'introspect its performance in Bihar', ding that it was responsibility of 'state unit' to hold accountability for  results. 

"As part of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance), Congress was allocated 70 of 243 seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly. It won 19 seats only. We need to discuss our performance in Bihar. Although, it is t party's national issue but of Bihar alone. As far as central leership is concerned, y supported us. It is Bihar leership's fault for t using opportunity properly," Anwar told news ncy ANI.

"We all believe that re is a need for churning. Leers like us who call mselves leers of Bihar become responsibility of m. I also raised same question in my statement that state unit of party should do introspection over its performance," he ded.

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Mahagatbandhan on Congress' poor strike rate

RJD has claimed that Congress shackled its alliance, hurting RJD's chances. Earlier on Thursday, Congress' Bihar ally, CPI (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya commented that strike of grand old party was low, opining that 70 seats allotted to Congress was excessive.

Lashing out at RJD, Congress' Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil on Monday, claimed that grand old party h agreed to contest on seats where alliance h t won in 30 years. 

Meanwhile, Mahagathbandhan's CM face - Tejashwi Yav refused to comment if Congress pulled down RJD's performance in polls. Compared to Congress's lowly strike rate of 27.14%, CPI(ML) h an impressive 63% strike rate, which is higher than single-largest party - RJD (52.03%). Several Congress leers too h echoed similar sentiments.

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(With ncy Inputs)