Congress leadership to declare their course of action on Wednesday, as chances are they will be able to form the government with the support of former allies.

Another person accompanying him, Munmun Kumar, was injured in the firing, police said.

Jan Vishwas Yatra under the stewardship of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav started from Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. The Yatra would continue for 11 days covering all 38 districts which will conclude on March 1.

A meeting was held at former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s residence on Saturday. And speculations have been rife that Yadav’s father Lalu Prasad, the RJD supremo, would put to use his resourcefulness to turn the tables on the NDA during the trust vote.

CM Banerjee harboured doubts on Kumar’s commitment to stick with the Opposition alliance, which is why she had expressed her resentment over Kumar being the convener of the alliance.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav offers deputy CM post to the son of former chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi. However, his son has refused to accept the offer and expressed solidarity with the NDA.

Sources in both the BJP and the JD(U) suggested such a possibility but it remained unclear if Kumar, the unquestioned leader of his party, has finalised a deal with the BJP top brass.

Recent developments in Bihar have substance to sustain the claim. As per a source, CM Nitish Kumar is unsatisfied with his alliance partners— Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. And if he is to move to the NDA then the previous governance structure of the BJP and Janata Dal (United) will be replicated.

The number of national general secretaries has been trimmed down to 11, compared with 22 in the previous list that came out in March last year when the party was headed by Rajiv Ranjan Singh “Lalan”, who stepped down last month to concentrate on his Lok Sabha seat Munger, amid rumours that he had grown too close to ally RJD.