Poll symbols given to RJD leaders by Lalu Yadav recalled; leaders ambiguous about sudden request to return them

: Leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), who were given party symbols for the assembly polls yesterday evening, were recalled late at night and asked to return the symbols. The party’s leader, Lalu Prasad Yadav, who returned from Delhi yesterday, reached home to find a crowd of poll ticket aspirants outside the gates.

As per an NDTV report, some of the aspirants who apparently received calls from the party leadership went inside. Minutes later, they emerged with yellow envelopes in their hands. The envelopes, according to reports, contained documents endorsing the candidates as the party’s poll picks.

Hours later, after this development, Mahagathbandhan’s Chief Ministerial face, Tejashwi Yadav, reached his Patna residence after returning from Delhi. Shortly after, all the RJD leaders