On a rainy day in Patna, Tejashwi Yadav went in an SUV to bring four MLAs to the Bihar legislative assembly building. Yadav, the leader of the opposition, drove the vehicle himself. The MLAs were all from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, or AIMIM, and they were heading to meet the speaker to convey their decision to join Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal.
With this decision, the AIMIM, headed by Asaduddin Owasi, lost four of its five MLAs in the Bihar assembly. The RJD’s strength, meanwhile, increased to 80 – reclaiming its position as the single-largest party in the 243-member Vidhan Sabha.
