India, Aug. 31 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday declared himself as the chief ministerial face of the INDIA bloc for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls during a rally in Arrah, slamming CM Nitish Kumar for "copying" his policies.

Yadav made the declaration during the last leg of Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in poll-bound Bihar.

Gandhi and Congress had so far remained tight-lipped on the alliance's CM face for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. But Saturday's declaration came as the Rae Bareli MP was present during the public meeting in Arrah.

Addressing the rally, Tejashwi Yadav slammed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and called him a "copycat CM" wh...