On Saturday, senior leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met party’s six newly elected MLAs from Bihar in New Delhi. During the meeting, the leaders discussed on possibility of restructuring within the state unit. The leaders also conveyed mounting pressure from within the state unit to snap ties with RJD.

Congress legislature party leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan said that the review meeting is part of a broader assessment of the party’s strategy in Bihar following its poor electoral performance in the recently held assembly polls. Khan, however, admitted that most of the candidates, who lost in the assembly polls, said that they would have done better had they not allied with RJD. “It is up to the party high command to decide what should be the future strategy,” he told the media.

A large section of candidates, during feedback session with Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi last week, argued that 'an over aggressive stand by RJD' made lakhs of voters to turn away from Mahagathbandhan candidates, fearing a return of 'jungle raj' of Lalu-Rabri era.