For Vikassheel Insaan Party’s (VIP) Mukesh Sahani, life has come full circle. Five years ago, he had walked out of a Mahagatbandhan press conference alleging that the Rashtriya Janata Party (RJD) had “backstabbed” him. On Thursday (October 23, 2025), sharing the stage with nearly the same set of leaders, he was anointed the Opposition alliance’s Deputy Chief Ministerial face.

VIP’s electoral performance since its formation in 2018 has been less than impressive. Currently, it has no sitting legislator in the Bihar Assembly. Mr. Sahani has lost two elections – 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Khagaria and 2020 Assembly election from Simri Bakhtiyarpur. In a 243-seat assembly, VIP is contesting only 15 seats.

Despite this, Mr. Sahani has earned a public assurance from Mahagatbandhan that he will b

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