The Rashtriya Janata Dal has suffered one of its sharpest electoral setbacks in recent memory. Once holding a strong tally of 75 seats in the 2020 Bihar assembly polls, the party has now collapsed to just 25 seats — its poorest performance since 2010. The scale of the defeat has stunned party workers and old-time loyalists alike.

Lalu’s Absence

A key talking point throughout the RJD's Bihar campaign was the conspicuous absence of Lalu Prasad Yadav from his son Tejashwi’s roadshows and even from party posters. Strategists believed that highlighting Lalu might revive voter memories of the so-called “jungle raj,” an image the opposition aggressively used.

However, those closer to the Yadav household suggest a different reason: concerns about Lalu’s fading memory. Reports indicate he strugg

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