“When the Sun Is Shining, You Do Not Need to Declare It,” Hints Pawan Khera on Tejashwi Yadav as Bihar CM Face

Patna: Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday hinted that the party is comfortable with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, without explicitly naming him.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna, Khera, head of the party’s media and publicity department, said, “We are contesting on issues. Faces are in front of you. All is known to everyone. You are asking a question, to which the answer is already known.”

When asked why Congress, which backed Yadav in 2020, has not formally declared him this time, he added poetically, “When the Sun is shining bright in the sky, you do not need to declare it.”

Khera also dismissed claims by NDA leaders, including Union Minister Chirag Paswan, that holding the CWC meeting in Bihar was a “show of strength” to alliance partners. “There is no show of strength among brothers,” he said.

On seat-sharing arrangements within the INDIA bloc, which includes CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI(M), CPI, and Vikassheel Insan Party, Khera assured, “All details will be shared soon.”

He emphasized the broader purpose of the CWC meet: “The CWC meeting here must not be looked at through the prism of elections in Bihar. The meeting is about the foundations of our democracy.”

Khera also criticized the BJP, alleging that the party’s confidence stems from “vote theft” and that its arrogance has led to complacency on pressing issues like unemployment.