Bihar Congress Issues Notices To 29 Rebels For ‘Violating Party Policy’ Amid Growing Rift

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee has issued show-cause notices to 29 party leaders over.

Their alleged participation in a protest against the state leadership outside the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi on September 8. The move has further widened the internal rift in the party following its poor performance in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.

The notices were issued by Bihar Congress disciplinary committee chairman Kapildev Prasad Yadav, accusing the leaders of engaging in “anti-party activities” and serious indiscipline. According to the committee, their participation in the protest amounted to a violation of party policy, discipline and directions.

The leaders have been given 72 hours from the receipt of the notices to submit written explanations and clarify why disciplinary action should not be taken against them. The committee has warned that failure to respond within the deadline, or an unsatisfactory explanation, could lead to unilateral action under party rules.

Among those who received notices are former MLAs Anil Singh and Poonam Devi, former Siwan district Congress president Vidhushekhar Pandey, former West Champaran district president Bharat Bhushan Dubey, former Madhepura district president Satyendra Yadav and former Aurangabad district president Mrityunjay Singh.

Rebels Demand Change In Bihar Congress

The disciplinary action follows a September 8 demonstration by disgruntled Congress leaders and workers in Delhi. The group had been demanding the removal of Bihar Congress president Rajesh Ram and AICC in-charge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru, while also raising allegations of corruption within the party organisation.

The latest notices are part of a longer-running dispute between the state leadership and a section of dissident leaders.

Earlier, nine leaders were expelled from the party for six years on February 18 after raising similar grievances. The expelled leaders challenged the decision, arguing that the Bihar unit did not have the authority to remove them without approval from the AICC disciplinary committee.

The dissidents had also demanded the withdrawal of notices issued to 47 Congress leaders, including the nine who were subsequently expelled. They alleged that the state unit had exceeded its organisational powers and had repeatedly ignored their concerns regarding the functioning of the party.

Leadership Rift Deepens

The disgruntled leaders have claimed that they attempted to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to raise their concerns but were unable to secure appointments.

They also said some of them met Kharge, K C Venugopal and Ashok Gehlot at a hotel in Patna on November 3 last year. According to the leaders, they were assured that their grievances would be considered after the Bihar Assembly elections.

The Bihar Congress leadership, however, has rejected the dissidents’ allegations. The state unit has maintained that the leaders behind the Delhi protest had already faced disciplinary action and that its mandate from the central leadership was to strengthen the organisation in Bihar.

The party had also claimed that senior leaders in Delhi advised the expelled members to discuss their grievances with Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram, but they declined.

The latest show-cause notices indicate that the internal confrontation within the Bihar Congress remains unresolved, with the state leadership taking fresh disciplinary action against leaders challenging its authority.