Mahagathbandhan names Tejashwi Yadav as CM facce in Bihar

In Bihar, the Grand Alliance has declared Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the Assembly elections 2025. Congress election observer and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced this on Thursday at a joint press conference held in Patna. The heads and senior leaders of all seven constituent parties of the Grand Alliance were present at the event. Gehlot also announced that if the Grand Alliance forms the government, the chief of the Vikassheel Insaan Party, Mukesh Sahani, will be appointed Deputy Chief Minister. He said that the Grand Alliance has declared its Chief Ministerial face, while the situation in the NDA still remains unclear over the face of the Chief Minister.

#WATCH | Patna: On Tejashwi Yadav announced as the CM face of Mahagathbandhan, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot says, "...This is a well-thought-out decision." pic.twitter.com/1TH8OExWgY

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Speaking on this occasion, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav expressed gratitude to the alliance leaders for declaring him as the Chief Ministerial face. He said he would strive to live up to the expectations of the Grand Alliance partners.

Mahagathbandhan, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal, includes Congress party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) led by Deepankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP).