PATNA: The Congress on Saturday made an abortive bid to win over the CPI to its side to thwart the move of the formation of a third front in the state.
A three-member Congress delegation, comprising AICC general secretary and in-charge of Bihar affairs Digvijay Singh, AICC secretary Iqbal Singh and BPCC president Sadanand Singh, visited the CPI state headquarters, Ajay Bhawan, here on Saturday.
The Congress delegation held talks with senior CPI leaders, including state CPI secretary Badri Narayan Lal, party central executive committee member and former state secretary Jalaluddin Ansari and state secretariat members, Upendra Nath Mishra and Jabbar Alam.
According to Ansari, the Congress leaders tried to impress upon the CPI leaders need to go for a poll alliance with the RJD-Congress combine to ensure the defeat of communal forces under the NDA umbrella. But, the CPI rejected the proposal, Ansari said.
