Even if Rabri Devi and Lalu Yadav are not ready to vacate their 19-year-old bungalow, even if they are not ready to shift to the new bungalow at Harding Road allotted to Rabri Devi, it is certain that they will not only have to vacate the old bungalow at 10 Circular Road but within a few days they will also have to vacate the new bungalow at 39 Harding Road and the reason for this is neither Chief Minister Nitish Kumar nor the NDA government. Rather, the real reason for this is his son Tejashwi Yadav, whose two decisions have made his parents homeless.
First of all, let’s talk about why they have to vacate the bungalow at 10 Circular Road in which Lalu-Rabri have been living for the last 19 years and where even a lift has been arranged considering Lalu Yadav’s health and why only Tejashwi Yadav is responsible for the notice he has received. So the story behind this is that when Nitish Kumar became the Chief Minister in place of Rabri Devi, Rabri Devi had to vacate Patna’s Chief Minister’s residence One Anne Marg. Nitish Kumar started living in that bungalow as Chief Minister. At the same time, Nitish Kumar decided that government bungalows would be allotted to all the former Chief Ministers of Bihar. For this, changes were also made in government rules and regulations and then Rabri Devi was allotted a bungalow at 10 Circular Road.
Nitish Kumar changed sides in 2015, Lalu family’s problems increased
As a former Chief Minister, Rabri Devi started living in 10 Circular Road from January 16, 2006 and has been living there since then, but in the year 2015, when the Grand Alliance government was formed in Bihar and Tejashwi Yadav became the Deputy Chief Minister, the story changed. What happened was that Tejashwi Yadav was allotted a bungalow on 5 Deshratna Marg as Deputy CM. As long as the Grand Alliance government was in power, there was no problem, but as soon as Nitish Kumar changed sides and joined BJP and became the Chief Minister of the NDA government, the problems started. Because then the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar was not Tejashwi Yadav but Sushil Kumar Modi. In such a situation, Tejashwi Yadav got a notice to vacate the bungalow, because that bungalow was allotted to the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and the Deputy Chief Minister was no longer Tejashwi but Sushil Modi, who had to shift to 5 Deshratna Marg.
Nitish Kumar reversed the decision, Patna High Court also gave order to Tejashwi
Then instead of vacating the bungalow, Tejashwi chose the court route. Filed a case in Patna High Court and said that there should be clear rules and regulations regarding the houses of former Chief Ministers of Bihar and those who are or have been in high positions. Then this case reached the bench of the then Chief Justice AP Shahi and Justice Anjana Mishra of Patna High Court. After the hearing, the High Court ordered Tejashwi Yadav to vacate the bungalow at 5 Deshratna Marg and also rejected the bungalows arranged by Nitish Kumar for former Chief Ministers and said that giving bungalows and other facilities to former Chief Ministers is unconstitutional. Even after about six and a half years of this decision taken in February 2019, Rabri Devi was not made to vacate the bungalow, because then the political circumstances were different, in which Nitish was sometimes with Tejashwi and sometimes against Tejashwi, but now when NDA has such a huge majority in 2025, BJP is in the role of elder brother and BJP also has the power to take decisions, then Rabri Devi has now received the notice to vacate the bungalow.
Confusion over Rabri Devi’s stay in government bungalow
Even though RJD state president Mangani Lal Mandal is saying that the bungalow will not be vacated, but looking at the order of the High Court, it is almost certain that the bungalow will have to be vacated and Rabri Devi will have to shift to May Parivar 39 Harding Road, but within a few days of shifting there, Rabri Devi will have to vacate that bungalow too and the reason for this is also Tejashwi Yadav. Because Rabri Devi is getting the bungalow of 39 Harding Road as the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, but due to the defeat of RJD under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav in the 2025 Assembly elections, Rabri Devi’s position as Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council is also in danger.
What is the mathematics of the members for the leader of opposition in Bihar Legislative Council?,
Actually, there are total 75 members in Bihar Legislative Council. Of these, 27 members are elected by the members of Bihar Legislative Assembly, 26 members are from local bodies. 12 members are nominated by the Governor and 6 members are elected from the teachers’ quota and 6 members are elected from the graduate constituency. To be the leader of opposition in the Legislative Council, that party must have at least 9 Legislative Council members. RJD currently has 14 Legislative Council members. There are a total of 8 people elected by the assembly members, in which the tenure of Rabri Devi, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Syed Faisal Ali, Dr. Urmila Thakur, Mohammad Farooq, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Munni Devi and Mohammad Sohaib, Sunil Kumar Singh has ended.
Whereas, there are total 6 people from the local body namely Kumar Nagendra, Vinod Kumar Jaiswal, Kartik Kumar, Ajay Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar Singh and Saurabh Kumar. Hence Rabri Devi is the leader of opposition. In the last assembly elections, RJD had 75 MLAs, so it got 9 seats in the elections from the assembly members. This time RJD’s total seats are only 25, so it is unlikely that it will be able to win even a single seat in the Legislative Council on its own.
from 2026 to 2028 RJD The tenure of many Legislative Council members will end
On top of this, the tenure of Mohammad Farooq, a member of the Legislative Council, is ending next year in 2026 and he will no longer be able to remain an MLC on June 28, 2026. So the numerical strength will reduce from 14 to 13. The tenure of a total of 9 Legislative Council members is ending in 2028. Of these, there are only 6 people from the local body, out of which the tenure of Saurabh Kumar, Ajay Singh, Kartik Kumar, Ajay Singh, Vinod Kumar Jaiswal and Kumar Nagendra is ending on April 7, 2028.
With this, RJD’s numerical strength in the Legislative Council will reduce to 7. The tenure of Mohammad Sohaib, Munni Devi and Ashok Pandey is also ending on July 21, 2028. However, Rabri Devi’s tenure is till May 6, 2030, but till then she will be able to remain only a member of the Legislative Council and not the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council. In such a situation, along with losing the post of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Rabri Devi’s bungalow will also be snatched away and Tejashwi Yadav will not be able to do anything, because as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, he has got the bungalow at 1 Polo Road.
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