India, Nov. 14 -- Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar was among the younger faces of the party on the list of 40 star campaigners for the Bihar assembly election 2025. He did not contest a seat, but canvassed widely. With the party now set to do worse than it did in 2020, the youth leader would also face a crisis.

On why he was not contesting the state polls, Kanhaiya had said that he has already contested twice in the Lok Sabha elections (lost both times) and, therefore, he would like local leaders to contest the assembly polls.

Kanhaiya, a former student leader, began his political career with the CPI, contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from his hometown, Begusarai in Bihar, but lost against BJP leader Giriraj Singh.

Kanhaiya later s...