PATNA: The sharp division in the state Congress was visible when its new president Madan Mohan Jha took charge at the party’s state headquarters on Friday. Congress campaign committee chairman Akhilesh Prasad Singh (MP) and state party’s working presidents Ashok Kumar, Kaukab Quadri, Sameer Kumar Singh and Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj also took charge of their respective offices.The party had also organized a reception for the new appointees. Of the 27 Congress MLAs in Bihar, only 13 could be seen at the reception. Prominent legislators, including CLP leader Sadanand Singh, former ministers Awadesh Kumar Singh and Abdul Zalil Mastan could not turn up. Another front-runner for the BPCC chief post, Prem Chandra Mishra (MLC), also didn’t turn up at the meet.Quadri, who had been working as officiating president since September last year, reached the venue very late and left within 15 minutes after completing the formalities of handing over the charge to Jha. Quadri was a serious contender for the post of state Congress chief.Only one MLA, Siddharth from Bikram, was present when Quadri had taken charge as the state Congress officiating president.However, a large number of Congress workers thronged the party’s state headquarters at Sadaqat Ashram on Friday.

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