Alam, currently on tour of the state, told party workers that the Congress would like to have two deputy CMs if the INDIA bloc headed by RJD's Tejashwi Prasad Yadav formed the government after the assembly polls due next year.
"It's our resolve that if the next government is headed by Tejashwi, our party shall have two deputy CMs—one a Muslim and the other from Upper Caste (general category)," he said.
This story is from the December 12, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Coimbatore.
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