"SIR wasn't an issue at all. They should be aware of the ground reality. The people of Bihar have rejected them, and they have created such a face in Bihar that they were bound to be rejected by the people of Bihar," Kushwaha said.
Delhi's Patiala House court has granted 14 days' custody of a builder accused in a money laundering case linked with PM Awas Yojana (PMAY). It is reported that Swaraj Singh Yadav, the promoter of Seven Ocean Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. (OSBPL), was arrested.
A mix of organisational lapses, a stagnant caste coalition, the persistence of the "Jungle Raj" narrative, and Congress's throughout 'Vote Theft' allegation and RJD's failure to go beyond the Muslims-Yadav (MY) votebank made the circumstances tough for the Mahagathbandha to win the assemb
While Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has been a two-time Chief Minister of Bihar, his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav are finding it difficult to hold their ground in the 2025 Assembly elections.
"On one side there is Bihar's zindabad, another side is Tejashwi's Sahabuddin zindabad, so Bihar has decided. That was not just a slogan, Tejashwi Yadav had said that they did jungle raj, and they will continue to do jungle raj, he said 'Sahabuddin amar rahenge'," Tiwari told ANI here.
He termed the SIR as an "electoral conspiracy", asserting that after Bihar, it won't be possible in other states, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh or any other state.
The JD(U) workers exchanged sweets among each other and cherished the moment. Party leader Chotu Singh congratulated CM Nitish Kumar, stating that they are celebrating Holi and Diwali at the party office.
CM Yadav also congratulated PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, and the entire NDA alliance, including Nitish Kumar and Chirag Paswan, on the sweeping victory projections in the Bihar assembly polls.
In a bid to shed the "Jungle Raj" tag, he even left out RJD supremo Lalu Yadav from his posters, but he still had to bear the brunt of the controversial legacy of his family.