Discontent within the Bihar Congress over its dismal performance in last year’s Assembly election spilled over on Tuesday as the party’s new State in-charge Bhakta Charan Das visited the party office in Patna.
A video of a scuffle between party leaders and disgruntled workers at Mr. Das’s meeting has gone viral of social media, capturing scenes of the ruckus amid slogan shouting against him.
The party had convened a meeting of its kisan morcha (farmer’s cell) to discuss the plans to organise a march to the Raj Bhawan on January 15 against three new farm laws.
However, soon after the meeting began, some party leaders started shouting slogans against Mr. Das and party’s dismal electoral performance. Congress won only 19 seats in the 243-member Assembly. The sloganeering soon escalated into physical violence with some farm leaders throwing chairs, leading to pushing and shoving, with Mr. Das caught between the two groups.
The protesting leaders raised slogans and waved…