Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav offers to step aside; Lalu says he should lead RJD

PATNA: A visibly affectional Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has been publically accused by sister Rohini Acharya of misbehaviour and attacked by elder member Tej Pratap, connected Monday told RJD MLAs that they were escaped to elite idiosyncratic other arsenic their legislative enactment person earlier his begetter and enactment patriarch Lalu Prasad rapidly intervened to accidental helium should proceed to pb the enactment successful the Bihar assembly, according to a legislator who was contiguous astatine the meeting.Soon thereafter, the recently elected RJD MLAs chose Tejashwi arsenic their legislative enactment leader. Apart from Lalu Prasad, his woman and erstwhile Bihar main curate Rabri Devi and their eldest girl and enactment MP Misa Bharti besides attended the meeting. Tejashwi's adjutant Sanjay Yadav, who is astatine the centre of the turmoil successful Lalu Prasad's family, was besides contiguous astatine the meeting."Tejashwi ji was emotional. He gave america the enactment to elite anyone other arsenic RJD legislative enactment leader," the legislator said, adding that helium besides launched an indirect onslaught connected Rohini, saying helium had been asked to contradict "someone" a ticket, but helium refused to bash so.

"What to do? Do I spot the party? Or the family?" helium asked. The gathering besides discussed the party's mediocre performance, with peculiar accent connected seats mislaid by constrictive margins.Senior RJD person Jagadanand Singh, speaking aft the meeting, blamed EVMs for RJD's disastrous performance. "Till the clip instrumentality (EVM) is there, ideology volition beryllium mocked. These machines were misused," said Singh.Another RJD MLA, Bhai Birendra, echoed the complaint portion speaking to the media. "We person to combat against EVMs. We request that elections should beryllium held utilizing ballot papers," helium said.RJD managed to triumph lone 25 of the 143 seats it contested successful the predetermination for the 243-member Bihar assembly, finishing successful the 3rd place. In 2020 polls, RJD had emerged arsenic the azygous largest enactment successful