Patna:
Taking responsibility for the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) debacle in the Bihar polls, Tejashwi Yadav had refused to become the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, but agreed to take up the role after his father and RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav insisted.
According to sources, the 36-year-old leader said in a review meeting yesterday that he now wanted to work as an MLA and refused to take up the Leader of the Opposition role. He said he was taking responsibility for the RJD’s rout in this election. The main opposition in Bihar, which was the single-largest party in the 2020 election, won just 25 seats this time — 50 less than its 2020 score.
Tejashwi’s offer to give up the Leader of the Opposition role was shot down, and Lalu Yadav insisted that he must continue to lead the party in the House, sources said.
Tejashwi also said it was his father, Lalu Yadav, a veteran politician and former Chief Minister, who founded the RJD. “I am handling the party’s affairs on his orders. I tried very hard in this election but was unsuccessful,” he said, according to sources. Senior party leaders at the meeting backed the young leader and said they stand with him.
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