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Prashant Kishor challenge to infighting: Why RJD hit reset in Bihar
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These developments have come amid brewing discontent within the RJD at various levels, according to party sources.
AdvertisementIn recent months, two prominent RJD leaders have voiced dissent against the party’s “arbitrary” functioning.
RJD shake-upIt was against this backdrop that Bihar RJD president Mangani Lal Mandal has dissolved all the state unit committees at the district, block, and panchayat levels.
Following its defeat in the 2025 Bihar elections, the RJD seemed to have entered a phase of structural crisis.
The sharp contraction of its traditional M-Y base, coupled with the rise of Kishor as a viable alternative, has rattled the party.