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RJD MLA sparks row over ‘outsider tickets’
The Statesman Siliguri
|January 25, 2026
After suffering a crushing defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) top leaders will meet for the first time at the special session of the Working Committee on Sunday in Patna, where Tejashwi Yadav is expected to be nominated as the party’s National Executive President.
However, on the eve of the Working Committee meeting, party decision-makers faced severe criticism from party MLA Bhai Virendra who blamed party leadership for the poll debacle.
In a video clip gone viral on social media platforms, the RJD MLA from Maner is heard blaming party leadership for “selling tickets to outsiders.”
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