Grand Alliance to form a coordination committee with Tejaswi as its President

Patna, April 17 -- The Grand Alliance ( GA) decided to constitute a coordination committee with the leader of the opposition in the Bihar assembly, Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, as its President for unity among the constituent units of the GA ahead of state assembly elections due in October-November this year.

During a meeting of the GA held here at the RJD office on Thursday, the alliance partners agreed on a common minimum programme and for strengthening the unity of the constituent units.

Besides Yadav, the meeting was attended by Sanjay Yadav and Abdul Bari Siddiqui of RJD, Bihar, in-charge Krishna Allavaru from Congress, State Congress President Rajesh Ram, K.D. Yadav from Communist Party of India (CPI), Ajay Kumar from Communist Party of In...