India, Nov. 14 -- The Bihar assembly election results and the Congress' inability to win enough seats in the Hindi heartland is set to alter the politics of the opposition INDIA bloc, with a growing clamour for a change in leadership and shifting the narrative away from the grand old party.

"It is clear that the Congress can't stop the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The leadership position must go to a party which has a track record of defeating the BJP. Only Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has an unblemished record of defeating the BJP. The time has come for Banerjee to lead the Opposition group," said Trinamool's Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee.

Another senior TMC leader pointed out that in six straight elections (three ass...