India, Oct. 28 -- After being declared the chief ministerial face of the opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar, former deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has been busy touring the state, addressing around 12 rallies a day.

Taking time off for an interview with Anirban Guha Roy during the Chhath festival on Monday, Yadav, 35, shared his vision for the state, his commitment to weed out unemployment, and addressed issues such as friction within the alliance and the possibility of a rapprochement with the Janata Dal (United), even as he countered the Bharatiya Janata Party's claim that a win for the RJD-led alliance would take Bihar back to the days of jungle raj. Edited excerpts:

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