PM Modi predicts split in Congress after historic triumph in Bihar elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Following NDA’s historic victory in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed BJP workers at the party headquarters in Delhi and made a bold prediction of an imminent split within the Congress.

He issued a warning to the party’s alliance partners, forecasting political upheaval within the Grand Old Party due to growing dissatisfaction among its members.

"The Congress criticises the Election Commission, makes frivolous complaints about baseless issues like 'vote chori', divides people on basis of religion and caste... The Congress has no positive vision for the country," he said in his address to BJP workers and supporters at party headquarters in Delhi.

"The truth is that today, Congress, and I say this very seriously, today Congress has become the Muslim League Maoist Congress... And the entire agenda of Congress now runs on this. And because of this, even within Congress, a new branch is emerging, which is even worse than this negative politics," he said.

"And I have a suspicion that there may be another big division of Congress in the future. And friends, the supporters of Congress have also begun to understand that Congress is drowning everyone in its negative politics. Everyone is drowning at the same time," PM added.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) seat tally slipped to 25 from 75, and Congress bagged only six out of the 61 seats it contested, down from 19.

Meanwhile, the BJP won 89 seats, up from 74 in 2020, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal(U) tasted success in 85 constituencies, up from 43.