India, July 8 -- A Bihar Congress meeting convened on 3 July to review the party's organisational expansion and strengthen its booth-level structure reportedly descended into a bitter confrontation after senior leaders exchanged allegations that money had been sought and paid for distribution of Assembly tickets during the 2025 Assembly elections, exposing fresh factional fault lines within the state unit.

The meeting, held at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna, was attended by Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Rajesh Kumar, AICC Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru, former Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha and former Congress Legislature Party president Shakeel Ahmed Khan, district Congress presidents and other senior leaders. It had b...