A joint press conference was held by the Grand Alliance on Thursday (October 23, 2025) at Maurya Hotel in Patna regarding the Bihar Assembly elections (2025). On this occasion, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, Bihar State President of Congress Rajesh Ram, VIP chief Mukesh Sahni, CPIM’s Dipankar Bhattacharya and leaders of other allies were present. During this time it was publicly announced that Tejashwi Yadav would be the CM face of the Grand Alliance. Ashok Gehlot has made this announcement.

Will not leave until broken: Sahni

On this occasion, VIP chief Mukesh Sahni said that lakhs of workers were waiting for this time. He accused BJP of poaching and buying its MLAs. He said that he will not leave the BJP until it is broken. That time has come. Now we will form the government by staying firmly with the Grand Alliance. The grand alliance is strong.

#WATCH Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has been declared the chief ministerial candidate of the grand alliance for the Bihar assembly elections.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said, “…we all have decided that Tejashwi Yadav will be the next Chief Minister in this election… pic.twitter.com/l3s2y9lFic

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Grand alliance candidates face each other on 13 seats

In fact, before this no joint press conference was held regarding seat distribution in the Grand Alliance. There was a continuous tense situation. For the first time today (Thursday), a joint press conference has been held regarding Bihar elections. The biggest thing is that the candidates of the Grand Alliance are face to face on about 13 seats.

There is a situation of tension in the Grand Alliance, especially between Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress. In view of this situation, senior Congress observer Ashok Gehlot had also met Lalu-Tejashwi last Wednesday.

Controversy over only Tejashwi’s picture on the poster

On the other hand, there is controversy regarding the poster that has been put up for this press conference because only Tejashwi Yadav’s photo is on it. There is no picture of any leader other than Tejashwi Yadav. It is only a symbol of other allies. On this, BJP leader Amit Malviya wrote on Twitter, “The huge infighting in the Grand Alliance has now become public. First, Rahul Gandhi did not accept Tejashwi as his face, now Tejashwi has made Rahul Gandhi disappear from the poster. This poster itself is an announcement of the breakup of the Grand Alliance.”

MP Pappu Yadav has also expressed objection over the absence of photographs of other leaders on the poster. Pappu Yadav raised the question whether there is any justification without Rahul Gandhi on the poster? Said that there should be photographs of all those who are in the alliance. When there was no picture, the MP said that its message was wrong.

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