Mahua (Bihar): A piquant multi-cornered contest is underway in Mahua assembly constituency of Bihar, where people believe they will be voting for their beloved party, represented by the sitting MLA, even if they backed a rebel.

\"Clarified butter shall always fall in the lentil soup\", is a common refrain here from die-hard RJD supporters, who insist that even if they voted for Tej Pratap Yadav, who was expelled by his father and founding president Lalu Prasad, it will \"still benefit the party\".

The party's official candidate from the Vaishali district seat is sitting MLA Mukesh Raushan.

\"Dal ghee mein hi girta hai\" is a loose translation of the adage blood is thicker than water they attribute to Yadav's mother Rabri Devi, a former chief minister, who is rumoured to be secretly root

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