NEW DELHI, Jan. 7 -- The Rashtriya Janata Dal's post-mortem of its dismal performance in the Bihar assembly elections of late 2025 -- it won only 25 seats in the 243-member assembly, down from 75 in 2020 -- has recommended a return to basics, in terms of both the rehabilitation of senior leaders associated with party supremo Lalu Prasad who have since been sidelined and the partyt's election strategy itself. The report, prepared after a series of review meetings held between November and December 2025, holds Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav-considered the closest aide of former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav-responsible for the poll debacle, people familiar with the matter said. It recommends curtailing Sanjay Yadav's role in managing party affairs in the wake of successive reverses in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections. RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari said that the meetings involved party leaders, legislators, election candidates and organisational office-bearers, and that divisional in-charges subsequently submitted the findings to state RJD president Mangani Lal Mandal, national vice-president Uday Narayan Choudhary and national general secretary Beenu Yadav. "The report will be placed before Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi once they return to Patna. Sanjay Yadav was present at some of the review meetings," he said. Lalu Prasad is currently recuperating in New Delhi after an eye surgery and is staying at the residence of his eldest daughter and Lok Sabha MP Misa Bharti. Tejashwi Yadav returned to the capital on Sunday evening, after a month-long Europe trip with his family and is expected to be back in Patna after attending a family function on January 7....