PATNA, Jan. 12 -- The absence of Congress legislators from a traditional Dahi-Chura feast organised by the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) at Sadaqat Ashram ahead of Makar Sankranti has triggered intense political speculation.

There has been a buzz that six MLAs of the party may switch sides and their absence from Monday's traditional gathering has sparked them anew, hinting that the party is unable to suppress the rift that set in after the debacle in the assembly polls.

At the feast, BPCC chief Rajesh Ram personally served dahi-chura to party workers and later sat with them to share the meal. Several senior leaders, including former BPCC chief and MLC Madan Mohan Jha, MLC Premchand Mishra, former MLAs and a large number of wor...