RJD was surprised by the strategy of Congress...
At the time of cabinet expansion in august 2022, congress was given 2 posts. According to informed sources, at that time the RJD was hopeful that the congress would include one of the two Brahmin faces in the cabinet from its quota.
The congress had also assured RJD about this, but at the last moment the party changed its strategy. Instead of a Brahmin, the congress inducted a Muslim and a Dalit into the cabinet from its quota.
Not a single Brahmin minister was made in Nitish cabinet from RJD and congress quota, after which questions were raised on Tejashwi's A to Z campaign. Not only this, congress announced to get 4 ministerial posts at that time itself.
When RJD changed its decision under the pressure of congress high command
1. RJD was not ready to give more than 5 seats to congress in 2019 elections, but congress high command became active. ahmed Patel, close to the gandhi family, himself got involved in solving the seat sharing issue. congress got 9 seats in the lok sabha elections. congress also won one seat in Kishanganj.
2. RJD was not ready to give more than 40 seats to congress in 2020 Bihar assembly elections. The party argued that the congress does not have winnable candidates. On behalf of the congress, priyanka gandhi herself spoke to Tejashwi Yadav regarding seat sharing. congress declared Tejashwi Yadav as the cm candidate. Took 70 seats in return.
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