RJD prescribes return to basics after ’25 rout

The Rashtriya Janata Dal's postmortem of its dismal performance in the Bihar assembly elections of late 2025 — it won only 25 seats in the 243-member assembly, down from 75 in 2020 -- has recommended a return to basics, interms of both the rehabilitation of senior leaders associated with party supremo Lalu Prasad who have since been sidelined and the partyt’s election strategy itself.

- Sanjeev K Jha

The report, prepared after a series of review meetings held between November and December 2025, holds Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav—considered the closest aide of former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav—responsible for the poll debacle, people familiar with the matter said. It recommends curtailing Sanjay Yadav's role in managing party affairs in the wake of successive reverses in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.