The Bihar Mahagathbandhan’s (Grand Alliance) decision to name Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial face won’t be surprising to many and serves to reinforce the RJD leader’s position as the undisputed leader of the Opposition alliance.

Tejashwi, who led the alliance in the 2020 elections too, knew that the Congress was using pressure tactics by holding off on announcing his CM candidature to bargain for some extra seats. Congress Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru was clear that the party should get only three types of seats: sitting ones, ones where the party finished second in 2020, and constituencies in which the party polled more than 20,000 votes last time.

However, Tejashwi was able to reassert his primacy despite these pulls and pressures from allies, mainly the Congress and Vikasshe

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