Kharge named INDIA bloc chief, Nitish says will accept convener role after consensus
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was appointed as the chairperson of the Opposition INDIA alliance at its virtual meeting here on Saturday. The INDIA bloc also picked Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar as its convener, but he has “temporarily chosen to withdraw from the alliance’s convener race on the ground that he would only accept it if there is a consensus among allies,” sources told The Indian Express.