Congress netas blame excessive focus on 'vote chori' for Bihar debacle

NEW DELHI: Disproportionate absorption connected SIR/vote chori astatine the outgo of important section issues of outgo of living, migration and corruption was cited by immoderate elder functionaries arsenic a crushed for the decimation of Congress successful Bihar, arsenic they urged the cardinal enactment to hole accountability for the decision if the enactment is superior astir reviving itself successful the state.Some section functionaries listed 3 reasons for the defeat: govt's outgo of Rs 10,000 to women during the polls, booth manipulations and a deficiency of coordination among partners. The AIMIM was besides blamed for part of number votes successful Seemanchal portion and beyond. It was alleged that BJP had utilized a "basket of tools" to "fix" the polls which spanned SIR, EVMs, the buying of votes and usage of the medication against absorption candidates.

Days aft the Bihar debacle, the AICC brass of Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal held a reappraisal of the mediocre amusement with canvass candidates and MPs. Around 70 members met the enactment successful batches. Before the meetings started and apical netas arrived, 2 losing candidates were reported to person clashed implicit the reasons for the decision - with 1 taking objection to the different advocating unit against "outsiders" who got enactment tickets.

Some claimed that the thought of gathering the authorities functionaries successful batches was besides to debar a imaginable clash successful a ample gathering.A person is said to person recovered responsibility with the mode of campaigner enactment which, helium said, outgo the enactment heavily. He is said to person told Rahul Gandhi that conscionable similar helium had taken work for the decision successful 2019 Lok Sabha polls and stepped down arsenic enactment president, heads should rotation successful the authorities excessively - successful what was a veiled jibe astatine AICC in-charge Krishna Allavaru - an contented that was besides raised by different members, sources said.

A conception of enactment members besides targeted the confederation with RJD, saying the state brings immoderate votes but besides polarises different communities. It was besides demanded that Congress interruption the confederation with RJD. However, astatine 1 radical meeting, Rahul is said to person rebuffed it by asking wherefore the enactment failed connected seats that witnessed "friendly fights" with Congress and RJD successful the fray against each other. Questions were asked astir the weightage fixed by Congress to caste census with arguments that triumph of candidates from idiosyncratic precocious castes is vastly higher than their colonisation share, portion that from immoderate ample OBC communities is conscionable successful enactment with their numbers - successful a veiled notation to the advocacy of "share arsenic per population" slogan.