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A section of the Congress leaders in Bihar on Monday demanded the withdrawal of the party's support to the Rashtriya Janata Dal government led by Rabri Devi.
They submitted a memorandum to Congress Working Committee member Motilal Vohra and party general-secretary Oscar Fernandes, who attended a joint coordination committee meeting on Sunday.
The party workers, led by Prem Chandra Mishra, Amarendra Singh and others, claimed that they had explained about the weak party leadership in the state. They stressed that the party was doing well in other parts of the country, but it's fortunes continued to dip in Bihar due to its alliance with the RJD, led by Laloo Prasad Yadav.
In the memorandum, they said that good governance was the Congress' priority, but the same couldn't be said about the RJD.
The disgruntled workers said they were ashamed to support a government that had failed on all fronts. At this juncture, they said, there was no threat to the RJD government and it was the right moment to withdraw support.
State Congress president and Cabinet minister Dr Shakeel Ahmad admitted publicly a few weeks ago that a majority of the party leaders wanted to part ways with the RJD and join hands with the Lok Jan Shakti party, led by former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
The Congress has 12 legislators in the 243-members assembly.
Even if the Congress decides to move out, the RJD will still have a majority, receiving support from splitting the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Janata Dal (United).
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