What will happen to RJD and Congress post-elections if exit poll numbers hold true?

The Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress have been out of power in Bihar for around two decades except a few patchy years when Nitish Kumar deserted his NDA partner BJP twice, first in 2013 when JDU quit the alliance over disagreement with Narendra Modi’s prime-ministerial face and secondly in 2022, again joining the Mahagathbandhan after which Lalu Yadav’s son Tejashwi was given the second most position of deputy chief minister in the cabinet led by Nitish.

The RJD may be the longest serving opposition party in the current times which has been pinning hopes on the Muslim-Yadav vote bank, which is more than 30 per cent of the total population. Although a few years in the government gave the RJD some buoyancy to keep its cadre rejuvenated and hopeful, being out of power for most of the time h