Patna: The 2024 Lok Sabha election is crucial for the leaders of INDIA bloc in Bihar especially for Tejashwi Yadav to prove his acceptance among voters.
Tejashwi Yadav however proved in the 2020 assembly election of Bihar when he single handedly gave tough resistance to PM Narendra Modi and CM Nitish Kumar. His party won 75 seats in that election and became the single largest party in the state.
However, the Lok Sabha election is slightly different from assembly election as people would vote on national issues more rather than local issues. Hence, Tejashwi Yadav has a burden on his shoulder to perform well in this election and match with the performance of his father Lalu Prasad Yadav 20 years ago.
In the 2020 Lok Sabha election RJD contested on 26 seats and won 22 seats. Even its alliance partner Congress contested on 4 seats and won 3 of them.
The performance of RJD has declined since then with the party contested on 24 seats in 2009 and won only 4 seats. RJD repeated the performance in 2014 Lok Sabha election as well when it contested 24 seats and won only 4 seats.
The 2019 Lok Sabha election was a nightmare for RJD leaders as they failed to win a single seat in Bihar. At that time, RJD was contested on 19 seats.
“We cannot compare the situation of 2019 with the 2024 Lok Sabha election. In the last 10 years, a huge anti-incumbency factor is working against the Narendra Modi government. Whatever his government promised in the last 10 years turned Jumla in the country. Our leader Tejashwi Yadav performed well during the Jan Vishwas Yatra followed by Jan Vishwas Maharally held in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on March 3. He got the support of the people from across Bihar,” said Mritunjay Tiwari, spokesperson of RJD.
“BJP was gaining in Bihar due to division of votes. This time all alliance partners are united and contesting one to one fight against NDA. The undercurrent among voters of Bihar is different this time and we will bring a surprising result in the Lok Sabha election 2024,” Tiwari said.
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