India, Sept. 5 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has distanced his party from a viral post by the Congress's Kerala unit, which claimed both "Bihar and Bidi start with B".

The post triggered massive flak from the BJP, which targeted the RJD-Congress Mahagathbandhan and accused it of insulting Bihar and Biharis.

Responding to the same, Yadav said the now-deleted tweet was "wrong" and that his party does not support it.

"Bidis and Bihar start with B. Cannot be considered a sin anymore," the post read, implying that the Centre had Bihar polls in mind while introducing the GST cut for bidis.

Bihar is one of the key centres of beedi manufacturing in India, and the industry employs over 70 lakh people in the country.

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