Will Congress MLAs change seats before the results in Bihar? Frightened by the party's Movdi Mandal, the sun-run Patna ran

- The situation in Bihar is fluid

Patna 9th November 2020 Monday

The Congress was worried that when the results of the Bihar Assembly elections came out, the fear of its MLAs switching sides for ministerial or other benefits would haunt them. Congress acting president Sonia Gandhi rushed party general secretaries Avinash Pandey and Randeep Singh Surjewala to Patna.

The Congress party was in high spirits after the results of various exit polls released on Sunday. Exit polls suggest grand coalition may win The Congress is also a partner in the grand alliance, so naturally the Congress leadership feared that if Tejaswi Yadav forms the government, the Congress MLAs will not hesitate to change seats to get a ministerial post.

Under these circumstances, the now-dying Congress party could be hit hard. That is why Sonia Gandhi drove Avinash Pandey and Surjewala to Patna. The exit poll predicted an emergency contest between the grand coalition and the NDA. Under these circumstances, Congress MLAs were likely to be tempted to join the NDA. The grand alliance includes the Congress with the RJD and the Left parties. Apart from BJP, Jitendra Manjhi's party in the NDA is Hum, Mukesh Sahni's Vikas Insan Party and others. Thus the fiercest competition is between the grand alliance and the NDA. The NDA needs a magic number of 122 for a majority. In those circumstances, the Congress leadership feared that the BJP leadership might oust the Congress MLAs.