India, Sept. 24 -- While targeting Nitish Kumar in Patna seems politically logical given that the state is soon going to elections, the question is-why Adityanath? Using the UP case, Kharge hopes to undermine the BJP's credibility in Bihar - a state where caste equations are more central to politics than in most other Indian states.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched a sharp political attack on two prominent BJP-aligned Chief Ministers - Bihar's Nitish Kumar and Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath - at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna.

Kharge described Nitish Kumar as a "liability," claiming he had been "mentally retired by the BJP." He also criticised the Nitish-led NDA government in Bihar as b...