A day before the national executive meeting of the party, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Bhai Virendra on Saturday (January 24, 2026) sparked a row by questioning the party leadership over ticket distribution in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly election.
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In a speech, a video of which has gone viral on social media, Mr. Virendra said “such results” were inevitable if tickets were distributed to “outsiders” based on “other criteria”, while ignoring “deserving and hard-working” party workers.
The number of seats the RJD won fell from 75 in 2020 Assembly election to 25 in the 2025 Assembly election.
Addressing a meeting, Mr. Virendra asked why Vijay Mandal, the sitting MLA, had been denied a ticket from the Dinara Assembly constituency.
