India, Oct. 26 -- By declaring Tejashwi Yadav as the Chief Ministerial face for the Bihar Assembly polls, the Congress and the rest of allies in the I.N.D.I.A bloc, have actually put Lalu Prasad Yadav's political heir on trial. In addition, Mukesh Sahani, of the Viakssheel Insaan Party (VIP) is being projected as the potential deputy CM.

There was never any doubt that Tejashwi was always going to be the principal challenger to Nitish Kumar, who however, despite his high ratings and popularity amongst women and sections of the economically backward castes, is not necessarily going to be the CM face. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has made it clear that the NDA was contesting the polls under the overall leadership of Chief Minister Nitish K...