What does the ace face of a major regional party trailing by a few thousand votes during the counting of votes look like? Also, when the same leader has been an undisputed winner gathering around 50 per cent vote share in the same seat in the last two Assembly elections? Tejashwi Yadav’s chief ministerial dreams are not only shattered this time but he has also been struggling to maintain his popularity on a seat which is known to be RJD’s bastion.

During the last five Assembly elections, the party has been able to retain the Raghopur seat times, except in 2010 when Tejashwi’s mother Rabri Devi contested the elections from there and lost.

Therefore, reading the current trends, experts think that his humiliating defeat could also be on the cards. The total sweep of the NDA suggests how the

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