Ahead of Elections in Bihar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Thursday took a swipe at the Mahagathbandhan over a poster promoting the alliance’s joint press conference, which featured only Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, with no image of any Congress leader.

Poonawalla shared a photo of a poster on X and wrote, “Joint PC? But only one picture! Rahul Gandhi and Congress ka ‘samman chori’? Have they shown Rahul and Congress their real place?”

Poonawalla also shared another post alleging that the Congress is now facing “ticket chori” (ticket theft) within the alliance. His remarks appeared to question whether all is well within the Grand Alliance in Bihar, which includes the Congress, RJD, and other partner parties.

“So it’s not just “Samman” Respect chori that Congress is grappling with ( Tejaswi pic on joint pc poster and rahul gandhi deleted ) Now Ticket chori allegations hit Congress especially key team of Rahul Gandhi Earlier congress mla Afaq Alam said how tickets were sold for cash In RJD too , sitting MLA made same charge,” he wrote.

JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar also questioned the crude joke that is being played out in the name of the alliance.

“The total number of assembly seats in Bihar is 243, and the number of Grand Alliance candidates is 255. Only Tejashwi Yadav can understand this arithmetic,” he said.