Grand alliance lost due to betrayal of its own people in Bihar, now great brainstorming between Congress and RJD for action against rebel MLAs

News India Live, Digital Desk: In the politics of Bihar, ‘voice of conscience’ and ‘cross voting’ have once again upset the equations. The results of the Rajya Sabha elections held on 16 March 2026 Mahagathbandhan Has been deeply wounded. Despite being close to victory, the opposition candidate Eddy. Singh (AD Singh) had to face defeat, while NDA Shivesh Ram won the battle. The biggest reason for this defeat was the ‘missing’ or not voting at the last moment of 4 MLAs of the Grand Alliance. Now the biggest challenge before RJD and Congress is to take action against these rebel MLAs, but there is huge confusion on this within the party.

How did the victory slip away? The Voting Math

For any candidate to win outright in the 243-member Bihar Assembly 41 votes was required.

Opposition Strategy: The Grand Alliance had a total of 41 votes with the support of 5 AIMIM MLAs, who were A.D. That was enough for Singh to win.

NDA’s counterattack: NDA had 202 members and was easily winning 4 seats. There was a problem on the 5th seat.

Big upset: Due to the absence of 4 MLAs of the Grand Alliance, A.D. Singh could not reach the magical figure of 41. Ultimately, Second Preference On the basis of votes, Shivesh Ram of NDA was declared the winner.

Those 4 ‘rebels’ who spoiled the game

The names of these four faces are coming out prominently behind the defeat of the Grand Alliance:

Faisal Rahman (RJD – ​​Dhaka): Faisal Rehman, considered close to Tejashwi Yadav, remained absent on the day of voting. According to sources, he has cited his mother’s serious illness.

Surendra Mehta (Congress – Valmiki Nagar): Among those three Congress MLAs who did not reach the assembly at the time of voting.

Manoj Biswas (Congress – Forbesganj): He also maintained distance from voting despite the party whip.

Manohar Prasad Singh (Congress – Manihari): The third Congress MLA who remained absent.

Why is the action stuck? (The Dilemma)

Both Congress and RJD parties are hesitant in taking strict action against their rebel MLAs. Many political and legal reasons are being given behind this:

Limitation of anti-defection law: According to Bihar Congress spokesperson Asit Nath Tiwari, in the Rajya Sabha elections ‘Anti-Defection Law’ Is not implemented effectively. Nevertheless, Congress nominated all three MLAs. ‘Show cause notice’ Has been released.

Fear of Legislation: There is talk that legal cases are pending against some MLAs or their membership is at stake, due to which they abstained from voting.

Threat of Minority: With assembly elections nearing, parties do not want to lose their MLAs completely.

Stance of Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leadership

There is a lot of anger in the RJD camp over Faisal Rehman’s ‘treachery’. Party sources say that Faisal may be summoned after Tejashwi Yadav returns to Patna. At the same time, one faction within the Congress is demanding strict discipline, while the other faction is trying to find a ‘middle path’ so that the party’s position is not weakened in the upcoming assembly elections.