Patna, Sept. 3 -- The 16-day Voter Adhikar Yatra spearheaded by Rahul Gandhi appears to be a strategic move by the Congress not only to revive its own fortunes in the state but also to ensure the unity of INDIA bloc partners almost a year after the Opposition's impressive performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but subsequent defeats in the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls soon after.
Formed in June 2023 as a broad alliance of opposition parties to counter the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the INDIA bloc delivered encouraging results in the Lok Sabha polls. The Congress secured 99 seats, while its allies together won 135 seats. However, the assembly election outcomes in Maharashtra saw Congress' ruling MVA getting unseate...