Did the ghost of "jungle raj" keep on haunting the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and force it to bite the dust in the Bihar Election 2025? With the Tejaswi Yadav-led party leading in just 26 seats, the question has upset political observers as well as the party stalwarts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started the campaign for his party at the native place of former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur. He was so obsessed with the term that he used it 17 times in his 45-minute speech in Samastipur district.

Jungle Raj narrative

Trying to set the agenda, he said, "I would tell all the youngsters in Bihar to gather all the young people at every booth and have the elderly people in that area come and tell everyone about the old stories from the jungle raj." 'Jungle raj'—a political term co

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