Vaishali, Oct. 29 -- The political spotlight is on the Mahua assembly constituency as the first phase of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections approaches. Once a stronghold of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the seat is now set for a dramatic contest between old allies-turned-rivals.

Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi, has returned to Mahua, but not under the RJD banner. After being expelled from both the party and his family earlier this year following a controversy over his personal life, Tej Pratap launched his own party, the Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD).

Tej Pratap, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, has launched his own party, the Jan Jantantra D...