New Delhi: The relations between Congress and RJD have soured in Bihar over seat-sharing in the Rajya Sabha elections.
Bihar has five seats in the Rajya Sabha election to be held on March 26. According to the mathematics of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the JDU-BJP alliance is winning three of these seats while RJD is likely to bag two seats.
Congress wants RJD to leave one seat for it but RJD is not ready for this.
In this context, Congress' Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil issued an open letter in the name of RJD, reminding their 'promise' of giving one seat of Rajya Sabha to Congress.
Talking to ETV Bharat, Shaktisinh Gohil said, "In my letter, I reminded RJD about their promise. I'm sure they will take note of the matter and will leave a seat for Congress. RJD leaders are sensible and if they fail to fulfil their promise, Congress will decide further course of action."
In the open letter, Gohil appealed to RJD to fulfil its 'promise'.
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He wrote: "During the joint press conference of the leaders of the Grand Alliance at the time of Lok Sabha elections, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had clearly said that one seat of Rajya Sabha from RJD quota will be left for a Congress leader of Bihar. It is said that 'Pran Jaye par Vachan Na Jaye' (promise should not be dissolved even if life remains or not). Hopefully, RJD leaders will follow their word."
Gohil also made it clear in the letter that the Congress candidate will be a leader of Bihar. At the end of the three-paragraph letter, Gohil wrote, "The Congress candidate will only be a leader of Bihar if the party gets a Rajya Sabha seat. Anyone like me who is not a voter of Bihar will not be a Congress candidate."
The last date to file the nomination for Rajya Sabha is March 13 while voting is on March 26.
