Interestingly, the RJD is the largest alliance partner in the Mahagathbandhan, which includes Congress and three Left parties, and falls eight members short of a majority in the assembly in the event of Nitish Kumar's JD (U) pulling out.
Amit Shah, the union home minister, criticizes the Congress for conducting IT raids at the home of member Dheeraj Sahu. The reason Congress is mute, he claimed, is that corruption is "nature."
Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP in poll-bound Rajasthan. Addressing the public at an election rally in Bharatpur, Rahul Gandhi compared BJP leaders with pickpocketers.