Time For RJD To Look Past Congress? Forward Of Tejashwi-Kharge Meet, Examine What Numbers Say

Bihar Election 2025: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav is in Delhi to carry essential seat-sharing talks with Congress and is more likely to meet Mallikarjun Kharge with regard to the Bihar elections due in November. A high-stakes battle is predicted to happen in Bihar, with the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA); consisting of Janata Dal (United) led by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration combating towards the alliance consisting of Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and left events.

Whereas RJD MP Manoj Jha stated that this assembly will talk about seat-sharing and the alliance between the 2 events, there are clamours that the RJD ought to look past Congress. The grand outdated occasion’s efficiency has not been on top of things for the final 4 polls. The decrease strike charge has damage the efficiency of the Mahagathbandhan, an alliance of RJD, Congress and Left.

Quantity Recreation

Within the 2010 Bihar meeting polls, the Congress had contested all 243 seats however received simply 4 with a vote share of little over 8%. Within the 2015 meeting polls, when Nitish Kumar parted methods with the BJP and his occasion JDU joined RJD-Congress in Mahagathbandhan, the Congress contested 41 seats and received 27 seats with a vote share of round 6.7%. Within the 2020 meeting polls when Nitish returned to the NDA, the Congress contested 70 seats and received 19 with round 9% vote share.

On the subject of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress contested 12 seats of the full 40 and received simply two whereas the RJD obtained 4 within the 2014 Parliamentary polls. Within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress contested 9 seats bagging only one whereas the RJD drew a clean. Within the 2024 parliamentary polls when the NDA confronted a united opposition towards the allegations of makes an attempt to alter the structure and finish reservation, Congress received three seats out of 9 it contested. 

A Non-Congress Various?

The Congress occasion’s efficiency within the Bihar Meeting polls stays dismal and its decrease strike charge has proved to be a curse for the RJD. The Rashtriya Janata Dal, below Tejashwi Yadav’s management, has emerged as the one largest occasion within the 2020 Bihar meeting polls. Tejashwi nonetheless attracts huge crowds and instructions a giant assist among the many voters. With Pashupati Paras parting methods with the NDA, Tejashwi might look to contest the Bihar meeting polls with Left events [CPI(ML)L, CPI, CPI(M)], Mukesh Sahani’s Vikassheel Insaan Celebration and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Celebration (RLJP) whereas protecting the Congress apart. 

The Congress occasion’s vote share with out RJD might not transcend 5 per cent and this will assist Tejashwi get a greater probability to win the seats misplaced after being allotted to Congress. With out Congress, RJD stands an opportunity to carry out higher. Then again, Congress may additionally look to assist its ally RJD by searching for a lesser variety of seats within the seat-sharing, if defeating the BJP is the one objective. Congress ought to ask for under these seats which it had both received or misplaced by a really skinny margin. Handing over the remainder of the seats to the RJD might brighten the prospect of Mahagathbandhan’s victory.