Rahul's charisma will be at work in Bihar this time: Khurshid

Union Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid 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 Khurshid 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 which is evident from the massive response to the election meetings," Khurshid told reporters here.

He said the party expected "a rich electoral harvest" after 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 his claim beyond doubt.

Taking on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his claims of development, Salman said Nitish has only "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 of development," he said, adding development would remain the main plank this election.

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

State Congress Media Cell Chairman Prem Chandra Mishra who was also present at the press conference, alleged that the authorities had adopted "biased attitude" towards the candidates of the Congress and said his party would lodge a formal complaint with the election commission about it.

"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."