Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ridiculed and dismissed the claim made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar had stolen the chief minister candidate post from the party at gunpoint.

Both Congress and the RJD are part of the opposition Mahagathbandhan, which seeks to wrest back power from the NDA in the assembly elections.

Addressing a poll rally in Arrah on Sunday, Modi had claimed that the dispute over the chief minister nominee had led to a rift in the opposition alliance.

In a strong rebuttal, Kharge said such statements demean the office of the prime minister.

"All of this is a lie. He (PM Modi) has nothing else to say. I will answer this today in Bihar. What he is saying is a lie. Nobody will tell someone else to make someone the CM at

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