A couple of weeks ago, as opposition leaders met over a zoom call to discuss some top posts within the INDIA alliance, a visibly angry Nitish Kumar walked out after Sonia Gandhi suggested that his name, which had been proposed by several parties, needed Mamata Banerjee’s nod as well.
Sources say that at this point, Rahul Gandhi intervened to tell everyone that Mamata, who was not attending the meeting, had squarely refused to back Nitish for the post. At this point, the Bihar Chief Minister said he would not accept the Convener’s position and logged off. The rest of them spent another few minutes trying to figure out how to calm him down.
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