Watch / Fight breaks out at Congress meet in Patna after polls; video surfaces

Patna: A ruckus erupted at the Congress office in Patna during the Congress Legislative Party meeting (CLP) on Friday. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and party leader Bhupesh Baghel was also present.

According to the news agency ANI, there was a ruckus in the Congress office when there was an altercation broke out between Congress MLA Vijay Shankar Dubey and MLA Siddharth from Maharajganj in the legislature party meeting.

It was told that there was a fight between the two to become the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.

When asked about the ruckus, Bihar Congress chief Madan Mohan Jha said he wasn't aware of the incident and he will take cognizance of the matter. 

"I am not aware of ruckus, I will take cognizance of the matter. There is no big deal in two MLAs not attending the CLP meeting today, Abidur Rahman is unwell and Manohar Prasad did meet us yesterday, today he didn't come," Jha said.

Congress' poor show in Bihar elections 

The meeting was held after the Congress party's poor performance in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly elections. The Congress was termed the 'weak link' of the Grand Alliance by the rival NDA. The Congress had on Thursday said it was disappointed with its performance in Bihar Assembly elections and the party's working committee would soon review it.

The Congress managed to win only 19 of the 70 seats it had contested, down from its previous tally of 27 seats out of 41 it had fought in the 2015 assembly elections in the state.

Reacting to the performance of his party in the Bihar election, Congress General Secretary Tariq Anwar said the Mahagathbandhan could not gain majority due to the grand old party's "weak show" in recently held state Assembly polls. "We must accept the truth. Due to the weak performance of Congress, Bihar was left out of the Grand Alliance Government. MIM's entry into Bihar is not auspicious sign," Anwar said in a tweet.