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The Congress, which announced the name of the opposition alliance's Chief Ministerial candidate in Bihar after the filing of the second set of nominations, has maintained that the move was not delayed. The NDA, it pointed out, is yet to name its candidate. Speaking to NDTV's Vasudha Venugopal in an exclusive interview, Pawan Khera -- who was present at the morning's press conference in Patna where Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav's name was announced -- challenged the NDA to announce its candidate. Pointing out that the BJP's chief strategist Amit Shah has recently said the MLAs will choose the Chief Minister -- unlike other times when the name of Nitish Kumar was announced upfront - he said: "In the next 24, 48, 72 hours, Prime Minister and Amit Shah both are going to be in Bihar. Why don't you announce that Nitish Kumar will be our Chief Ministerial candidate?".