Bihar elections: Tejashwi leaves for Delhi as RJD begins review

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RJD person  Tejashwi Yadav.

RJD person Tejashwi Yadav. | Photo Credit: File

Amid the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) reappraisal gathering implicit the party’s decision successful the precocious concluded Assembly elections, enactment person Tejashwi Yadav connected Thursday near for Delhi without addressing media persons.

In the State Assembly elections, for which results were announced connected November 16, the Opposition RJD won 25 seats retired of the 143 it contested nether the mahagathbandhan alliance. The party, though, secured 23% of the ballot share. The Bihar Assembly has a full spot of 243 members.

The enactment connected November 26 began its reappraisal gathering astatine the enactment office successful Patna nether the chairmanship of State RJD president Mangani Lal Mandal, seeking feedback from enactment leaders, workers and section leaders implicit the reasons for decision successful the precocious held Assembly elections. The division-wise reappraisal gathering is being held successful 2 phases and is scheduled to culminate connected December 9.

“Leaders from antithetic divisions of the State are called to get their feedback each day. Yesterday [November 26] the Magadh part enactment leaders were called and the enactment not lone sought crushed for its decision but besides asked them steps to beryllium taken for future,” enactment spokesperson Ejaz Ali Ahmad said. Bihar has a full of 9 divisions and connected Thursday, “party leaders from Saran territory were called, portion from Purnea part RJD leaders would beryllium coming to the reappraisal gathering connected Friday,” helium added.

Party sources, however, told The Hindu that “the details gathered during the reappraisal gathering volition beryllium analysed pointwise and presented earlier the party’s apical enactment for further action”. The party, said sources, “may instrumentality steadfast actions and large changes based connected the feedbacks of the reappraisal meeting”. “The party, successful fact, is trying to get whether the losses were from failures of interior coordination, broader organisational weakness oregon flawed electoral strategies,” enactment sources said.

Meanwhile, enactment person Tejashwi Yadav, who earlier the Assembly elections was projected by the Opposition mahagathbandhan as the main ministerial face, near for Delhi connected November 27 without addressing waiting media persons. Party leaders, seeking anonymity, however, told The Hindu that Mr. Yadav “would soon beryllium successful Patna and enactment successful the reappraisal gathering possibly connected the past day”. Ever since RJD’s decision successful the election, Mr. Yadav has kept mum, refusing to code media persons. Seeking anonymity, a enactment person added that Mr. Yadav these days “has to grapple with uncalled for situations some astatine household and governmental level truthful helium is not speaking to media persons deliberately”.

The State authorities precocious asked Mr. Yadav’s mother, Rabri Devi, who is besides erstwhile Chief Minister of the State, to vacate her authoritative residence astatine 10, Circular Road and displacement to the recently allotted 39, Harding Road bungalow. Ms. Devi has been surviving with her hubby and erstwhile Chief Minister, enactment main Lalu Prasad, and others astatine the 10, Circular Road residence for 2 decades. The authorities has besides asked Mr. Yadav’s estranged elder brother, Tej Pratap Yadav, to vacate his authoritative bungalow aft helium mislaid the Assembly predetermination from Mahua constituency successful Vaishali district. However, the State RJD president, Mangani Lal Mandal, had asserted that “Ms. Devi would not vacate her authoritative residence astatine 10, Circular Road astatine immoderate outgo arsenic she has been asked to vacate her bungalow retired of governmental vendetta”. But Tejashwi Yadav is yet to marque immoderate remark connected the government’s bid to displacement the authoritative residence of his parent oregon elder brother.

Published - November 27, 2025 06:43 p.m. IST

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