“Jab tak rahega samosa mein aaloo, tab tak rahega Bihar mein Lalu,” would be the rustic anecdote by RJD president Lalu Prasad who would often use it to charm the rural electorate, while addressing an election rally.
The ‘aaloo’ is still there in ‘samosa’, but Lalu is nowhere to be seen.
Since 1977, the year when Lalu Prasad first became a Lok Sabha MP, this is the first election in the history of Bihar where the maverick Lalu will be completely absent from the electoral scene.
Barred from contesting elections after his conviction in 2013 in fodder scam, Lalu was free to campaign for his party nominees and others during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and 2015 Assembly elections. And he did it in his own inimitable style, laced with wit and humour. In 2014, his party fared poorly. But in 2015,…
