PATNA, Nov. 28 -- The Congress party's crucial meeting to assess the causes of its disastrous performance in the just concluded assembly elections in Bihar turned into acrimony and chaos on Thursday as defeated candidates openly clashed, traded abuses and even issued threats of violence.

The review meeting in Delhi was chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in presence of party's in-charge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) chief Rajesh Ram.

According to party leaders, a heated verbal duel ensued between two unsuccessful candidates - Sanjeev Singh (Vaishali) and Jitendra Yadav (Purnea) - even before Kharge and Rahul Gandhi arrived at th...