Regretting the stand taken by Paswan, he said it was "neither desirable nor principled" and it would benefit communal forces by dividing secular votes.
AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, talking separately, also took potshots at Paswan over his advocacy of a Muslim Chief Minister.
"Secularism does not mean a Muslim Chief Minister. If Paswan is concerned about Muslims, how come he did not have a single Muslim candidate out of the eight Lok Sabha seats he had?. Twenty-nine MLAs won from his party. How comethere was no Muslim? he said.
Asserting that this kind of politics would not help, Singh said minority voters were "not foolish". He said he had told Paswan that first the secular forces should get a majority and "then we can decide on who should be the Chief Minister. Even Laluji had agreed to this".
Singhvi said the seat sharing between RJD, NCP, CPI(M) and Congress has been finalised and the Central Election Committee of the Congress would decide its nominees in a couple of days.
He said details of the seat sharing would be announced jointly by the partners in the RJD-led alliance soon, mostly likely in Patna.
He said the leaders of the alliance parties, including Sonia Gandhi, Lalu Prasad and Sharad Pawar, are expected to address two to three joint election rallies.
Singhvi claimed that there was greater cohesiveness in the RJD-led alliance than the one of NDA where tussle was still on over seat sharing.
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