Ashok Gehlot Keeps Mahagatbhandan Intact In Bihar?

Relations between the RJD and the Congress party reached a breaking point, and the future of the Mahagathbandhan looks gloomy, a source says. Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, after a detailed discussion before precipitating the matter, decided to depute one senior leader to Patna to try to resolve it, the source says. Immediately name of the ex-CM of Rajasthan cropped up and it was felt that he is the best person to handle such a situation well source Ashok Gehlot was summoned to Delhi and in a close meeting, Gehlot wanted an assurance that he be given the authority to decide on the party's interest and should not be instructed to talk to Sonia ji or any other while sitting across the table with Lalu ji source says. His request was immediately agreed upon, and full authority was given to him, the source says. Just after arriving in Patna, a closed-door meeting between Lalu Yadav and Ashok Gehlot took place, during which Lalu demanded the immediate announcement of Tejaswi's name as the CM candidate and the removal of Krishna Allavaru, according to the source. The next day, in a press conference, Tejaswi’s name was announced as the CM face from Mahagathbandhan, and on the advice of Rahul Gandhi, the name of Sahani was announced as a deputy CM, keeping in view the 34 lakh votes of his community and another name was withheld because Lalu Yadav wanted one Muslim face. Still, a compromise was not reached on the name sources say. Krishna Allavaru was immediately replaced by Manish Sharma as the Indian Youth Congress president to please Lalu Yadav, a source says.