Bihar Congress leader asks weaker RJD to shed arrogance"

Senior Bihar Congress leader Sadanand Singh on Wednesday asked senior coalition partner- Rashtriya Janata Dal- headed by jailed leader Lalu Prasad, to shed its "arrogance" in the wake of the drubbing it had received in the general elections.

Singh, who is currently the legislature party leader in the state and has headed the Bihar unit of the Congress in the past, made remarks to this effect a day after leaders of the five-party Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) held the first meeting of the coalition since the Lok Sabha polls here.

The meeting was held at the residence of RJD national vice president and former chief minister Rabri Devi where his son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, state unit chief Ram Chandra Purve and veteran leader Jagadanand Singh participated from the party.

The Congress was represented by its national secretary in- charge for Bihar Virendra Rathore and state unit president Madan Mohan Jha, while Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Sahni founders of RLSP HAM and VIP respectively