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Tejashwi Yadav said the Grand Alliance will declare a Chief Ministerial face before Bihar polls.<\/h2>\n
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has made it clear that the Grand Alliance will not contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections without declaring a Chief Ministerial face.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to NDTV during his supplementary Adhikar Yatra, a follow-up to the recently concluded opposition march, Yadav stated, \u201cAre we the BJP that we do not have any faces? We definitely will not contest the elections without projecting a Chief Ministerial face.”<\/p>\n

Yadav, who has publicly backed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial face of the broader opposition INDIA bloc, has yet to receive a similar endorsement for himself in Bihar. While his support for Gandhi has stirred some unease among alliance partners, Gandhi himself has refrained from naming Yadav as the alliance\u2019s CM pick.<\/p>\n

When questioned about this lack of reciprocity, Yadav remained unfazed. \u201cWait a little bit. It is the people who would decide on the Chief Minister. But having a Chief Minister or a government is not the main thing. We have to build Bihar,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes no difference if there is a delay of five or 10 days,” he added, indicating that the leadership decision will follow the conclusion of seat-sharing arrangements among alliance partners.<\/p>\n

Still, Yadav was firm that the coalition would not go into the election leaderless. Once the seat sharing is done, this issue would also be tackled, he said, reiterating that a CM face would be named before voting begins.<\/p>\n

Back on August 31, during a rally in Ara, Yadav had already begun making his case subtly. \u201cThis is a copycat government. We need an original CM, not a duplicate one,” he had said, in a pointed jab at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.<\/p>\n

He followed up by asking the crowd, \u201cIs it not a copycat government? Isn\u2019t it copying me? Tejashwi is ahead; the government is behind. Do you want a duplicate CM or an original CM?”<\/p>\n

While Congress, as a junior ally in Bihar, is unlikely to challenge Yadav\u2019s leadership claim, Rahul Gandhi has refrained from publicly endorsing him as the Chief Ministerial face.<\/p>\n

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