A tense alliance
A pointed remark made by Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot in Patna on April 11 was enough for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav to reach out to his key ally's top leadership. Pilot had said that the chief ministerial candidate of the RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar would be decided only after the election later this year. Widely seen as a message to the RJD not to take the Congress for granted, the statement appeared to signal a shift in tone.
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