After the Mahagathbandhan’s bruising loss in the recent Bihar Assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) gathered its newly elected MLAs and defeated candidates for a closed-door review meeting on Monday, November 17. Held at Tejashwi Yadav ‘s official residence on Patna’s Polo Road, the session was expected to be a routine exercise to formalise the choice of the RJD legislature party leader. Instead, it opened with an unexpected twist that briefly unsettled the room.

According to party insiders, Tejashwi Yadav, who had spearheaded the coalition’s campaign, surprised everyone by declining to take on the role of Leader of the Opposition. He reportedly told the gathering that if the mandate had not endorsed him as an alternative, it would be inappropriate for him to assume the pos

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