Yogendra Yadav Reacts to NDA’s Historic Bihar Win — What Next for the Opposition?

He begins by outlining the NDA’s structural advantages: a larger coalition, a wider social base, and Nitish Kumar’s enduring support among women voters. Yadav adds that administrative machinery, money power, and media tilt also created a one-sided ecosystem favouring the ruling alliance.

Explaining the collapse of the Mahagathbandhan, Yadav stresses that the RJD’s once-broad social coalition of the 1990s has shrunk into a narrow Muslim-Yadav bloc, provoking counter-mobilisation and limiting its reach. He argues that the opposition failed to appear as a credible alternative, especially on Bihar’s chronic issues—poverty, unemployment, and weak health and education systems.

On Congress, he notes that despite goodwill, the party lacks organisational depth and ground presence in the state. For Tejashwi Yadav, he points to both the burden of the “jungle raj” perception and the failure to expand his father’s once-powerful social umbrella.

As the interview closes, Ms. Barkha Dutt reflects on the broader lesson: that while systemic disadvantages exist, opposition parties must also confront their internal weaknesses. Yadav agrees—stating that real revival requires rebuilding alliances, offering clear solutions, and working consistently on the ground.