Notably, Congress was the second-largest constituent of the Grand Alliance till by-elections to a few meeting seats final 12 months when it strongly protested the quick shrift given by the RJD and threatened to go it alone within the subsequent Lok Sabha elections.
It was not clear from Jha’s letter whether or not the Congress’ assist can be solely in precept or its rank and file can be hitting the streets alongside estranged allies.
The RJD, a UPA ally, has been sustaining that it’s going to proceed to assist the Congress nationally, although a piece of leaders within the grand previous get together in Bihar complain of patronising therapy by Yadav and his father Lalu Prasad, who is thought to share wonderful private equations with Sonia Gandhi.
On the RJD workplace right here, a huge poster asserting the ‘Pratirodh March’ has been put up. Yadav’s {photograph} occupies centrestage beside smaller photographs of Prasad, Gandhi and leaders of the Left.