Patna (Bihar) [India], November 18 (HBTV): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has been elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Tejashwi Yadav, who once again won from the Raghopur constituency, has been selected as the Leader of Opposition for the second time after the Mahagathbandhan’s poor performance in the Bihar Assembly election. The alliance secured only 35 seats, with the RJD winning 25 of them.
The decision to elect Tejashwi Yadav as Leader of Opposition comes amid a family dispute within former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family. His daughter Rohini Acharya has accused her brother Tejashwi Yadav of ‘humiliating and throwing her out of the house’.
‘I have no family. You can go and ask this to Sanjay Yadav, Rameez, and Tejashwi Yadav. They are the ones who threw me out of the family,’ Rohini Acharya told reporters during her first public reaction after her announcement to quit politics.
In an emotional post on X, Rohini claimed she was ‘humiliated’, ‘abused’, and even faced the threat of being hit with a slipper. She wrote about standing up for her dignity and values despite pressure to compromise. She alleged verbal abuse, physical threats, and ultimately expulsion from her parental home.
‘Yesterday, a daughter, a sister, a married woman, a mother was humiliated, abuses were hurled, shoes were raised to kill her... I didn’t compromise on my self-respect, didn’t give up on truth... just because of this, I had to face insults. Yesterday, a daughter left her crying parents and siblings due to helplessness... she was forced to leave her parental home... she was made an orphan... I pray that none of you ever have to walk my path, and no house should have a daughter-sister like Rohini,’ she wrote.
Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan ahead of the formation of the new Assembly.
JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar is expected to take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time.
The National Democratic Alliance, led by Nitish Kumar, registered a landslide victory in the Bihar polls, securing 202 of 243 seats. The BJP emerged as the single largest party with 89 seats.
The seat tally is as follows:
NDA: BJP 89 seats, JD(U) 85 seats, LJP (RV) 19 seats, HAM (S) 5 seats, RLM 4 seats.
Mahagathbandhan: RJD 25 seats, INC 6 seats, CPI(ML)(L) 2 seats, CPI(M) 1 seat.
IIP won 1 seat and AIMIM won 5 seats.
The NDA’s victory has been attributed to Nitish Kumar’s welfare schemes, including the Mahila Rozgar Yojana, which provided INR 10,000 to 1.25 crore women. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the mandate as a victory for good governance and development.
(ANI)