Congress' strength has increased in Bihar: Salman

Union Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khursheed today claimed that his party's strength had increased substantially in Bihar and it expected"a rich" electoral harvest this elections.

Union Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khursheed today claimed that his party's strength had increased substantially in Bihar and it expected
"a rich" electoral harvest this elections.

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"The strength of the Congress has increased substantially evident from the massive response to the election meetings," Khursheed told reporters here.

He said the party expected "a rich electoral harvest" under the campaign to be spearheaded by AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on the pattern of Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha polls.

"Rahul's charisma will be at work in Bihar this time," he said, adding the huge rush for securing party nominations also proved beyond doubt his claim.

Castigating Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his claim for development, Salman said what Nitish had at all done was "shifted Bihar to general ward from Intensive Care Unit." "Congress is the only party which is above politics of caste considerations and have a long experience on the issue on the development," he said, adding development would remain the main plank this election.

Khursheed also expressed happiness over his party giving good representation to Muslims and youth below 40 years in distribution of party tickets.

"We are surprised to see that a case has been lodged against our Gopalganj nominee Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav, charging him with violating model code of conduct for elections," he said, adding "we failed to comprehend that whether mere parking of vehicles outside the house of a candidate on the charge of which the case has been registered in Gopalganj is violative of the code."