New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday held a meeting with party leaders from Bihar.

Congress General Secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, was also present in the meeting in New Delhi.

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"A meeting of Bihar's leaders was held with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and other senior leaders were also present in this meeting," the party wrote on X.

The meeting comes after a debacle in the Bihar Assembly elections last year. Congress won six of the 60 seats it contested in the Bihar elections with a conversion rate of less than 10 per cent, which turned out to be a setback for the party that was part of the Mahagathbandhan. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the largest opposition party in the alliance, also performed poorly in recent elections, winning only 25 seats out of 143 constituencies.

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The NDA registered a historic landslide victory in the 2025 Bihar assembly polls, winning 202 of the 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan secured only 35 seats. The ruling alliance secured a three-fourths majority in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, marking the second time the NDA crossed the 200-seat mark in state polls. In 2010, it had won 206 seats.

In the NDA, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 89 seats, Janata Dal (United) won 85, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJPRV) won 19, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAMS) won five, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seats.

Back in November, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and KC Venugopal held a meeting at the party's headquarters to review the reasons behind the loss in the Bihar elections.

Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi also chaired a meeting for the upcoming elections in five States and Union Territories, including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Assam. (ANI)

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