"NDA not even announced CM name, they're saying that MLAs will decide...": Pawan Khera ahead of Bihar polls

Patna (Bihar) [India], October 23 : Taking a sharp jibe at the National Democratic Alliance for not announcing a clear Chief Minister name, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday asserted that strategies have been decided for all seats and there is no confusion.
The Congress leader said that Bihar is already 20 years late on the path to development.
Speaking to ANI in Patna, Khera said, "NDA has not even announced a name, they are saying that MLAs will decide who their leader will be. So, tell me who is late. It is Bihar which is 20 years late on the path to development...Strategies have been decided on all seats...There is no confusion on our side."
"Amit Shah said that the one under whose name they are contesting the election is the 'face', but the CM will be decided by the MLAs. So, they have already deceived Nitish Kumar..." Khera asserted.
Meanwhile, Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot declared Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly elections in Bihar, scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and 7.
"Everyone should be worried (about the situation in the country). This is why I can say that after consulting Kharge ji, Rahul ji, and others who are sitting here, that Tejashwi Yadav is the CM candidate for this election. He is a young person. He has a long future and the public will support him," Gehlot said while addressing a press conference here.
Gehlot, named as Senior Election Observer by the AICC, said that people of Bihar want change as they struggle with multiple issues, including unemployment. He said that the way the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the centre was operating was a "threat to democracy".
Furthermore, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) convenor Mukesh Sahani, who heads the Vikasheel Insaan Party, has been named as the Deputy CM nominee from the Mahagathbandhan.
The 2025 Bihar elections will have the main contest between the National Democratic Alliance and the Mahagathbandhan.
Mahagathbandhan, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal, includes Congress party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) led by Deepankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP).
The assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The results will be declared on November 14.