Patna. After a long tussle in the Grand Alliance, Congress has finally accepted RJD’s demand. Along with this, the Grand Alliance held a press conference on Thursday and made RJD leader and Lalu Yadav’s younger son Tejashwi Yadav its CM face. The leaders of the Grand Alliance made this announcement in a joint press conference with Tejashwi Yadav. The Grand Alliance has also decided that VIP President Mukesh Sahni will be the Deputy CM if the government is formed in Bihar. Listen what Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said about this?
#WATCH Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav announced as Mahagathbandhan’s CM face for #BiharAssemblyElections
Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot says, “…All of us sitting here have decided that in these elections, we support Tejashwi Yadav as the CM… pic.twitter.com/ghAi0tSDMm
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#WATCH , #BiharElection2025 After announcing Tejashwi Yadav as the CM face of Mahagathbandhan, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot says, “Naturally, it was going to be Tejashwi’s name…Rahul Gandhi and everyone else had his name on their minds…that Tejashwi Yadav will be our… pic.twitter.com/0hgCoTq4ho
— ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2025
Tejashwi Yadav also looked excited after making himself the CM face. He told how he will run the grand alliance government.
#WATCH , #BiharElection2025 “Tejashwi himself will not run the Bihar government but will work together to run the Bihar government. If Tejashwi becomes CM, all the people of Bihar will become CM…” says RJD. leader and Mahagathbandhan’s CM face, Tejashwi Yadav pic.twitter.com/QTS3Mr4ENh
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#WATCH , #BiharElection2025 “Even if Tejashwi’s shadow (shadow) does wrong, Tejashwi will also work to punish him, this is his resolve. We will work to create a new Bihar.” says RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s CM face, Tejashwi Yadav pic.twitter.com/aKOMvQYJPG
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Mukesh Sahni also seemed happy with himself being projected as the Deputy CM if the Grand Alliance government is formed. Mukesh Sahni had long ago staked his claim for the post of Deputy CM during a public meeting. Mukesh Sahni was with NDA in 2020, but later he joined the camp of Lalu and Tejashwi Yadav.
#WATCH , #BiharElection2025 At Mahagathbandhan’s joint press conference, VIP Chief Mukesh Sahani says, “…I was awaiting this moment for 3.5 years. The moment has now come. Not just VIP or Mukesh Sahani, lakhs of people of the party were waiting for this. BJP broke our party… pic.twitter.com/hFBwYKVuxK
— ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2025
There was tension going on among the constituent parties including RJD, Congress and VIP regarding the CM and Deputy CM face in Bihar. In the results, RJD had announced 143 candidates. Whereas, Congress had also released the list of 61 candidates. VIP, CPI, CPM, CPI-ML also fielded their candidates. In such a situation, only the candidates of Grand Alliance were seen standing in front of each other on 12 seats of Bihar Assembly. After this, Congress broke its silence till now and sent Ashok Gehlot, a confidant of the Gandhi family, to Patna. Ashok Gehlot met Lalu and Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday in Patna. After which now Congress has also announced to make Tejashwi the CM face of the Grand Alliance.