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Rahul Gandhi's yatra enters Bihar day after former ally Nitish Kumar rejoins BJP
Updated On: 29 January, 2024 11:58 AM IST | Bihar | mid-day online correspondent
The yatra has entered Bihar a day after the Congress was left high and dry with former ally Nitish Kumar, the Bihar chief minister. Kumar made a return to the Bhartiya Janata Party led NDA on Sunday
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Rahul Gandhi led Congress` `Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra` on Monday entered the current politically heated state, Bihar. The yatra has entered through Kishanganj, a day after the Congress was left high and dry with former ally Nitish Kumar, the Bihar chief minister. Nitish Kumar made a return to the Bhartiya Janata Party led NDA on Sunday and also took the oath ninth time as chief minister of Bihar.
Kishanganj, a district in the Seemanchal region of the state, holds a majority Muslim population and is also a Congress stronghold. State Congress president Akhilesh Prasad Singh and other senior party leaders welcomed Rahul Gandhi in Bihar. This is Gandhi`s first visit to Bihar since the assembly poll campaign of 2020.
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