RJD’s lantern of hope — Rabri Devi prays for Tejashwi Yadav as he campaigns for third phase

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav is the chief ministerial face of the Grand Alliance in the Bihar Assembly election.

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Praveen Jain
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Former CM of Bihar Rabri Devi folding hands, praying, after RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav leaves his residence for election campaign | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Bihar: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, the chief ministerial face of the opposition’s alliance in the Bihar assembly election, has been busy campaigning as his party is trying hard to return to power.

According to the seat-sharing pact of the Grand Alliance in the state, the RJD is contesting on 144 seats and the Congress on 70 of the total 243 seats. While the first of the three-phase election got over on 28 October, the second phase will take place Tuesday.

The third phase is on 7 November.

Tejashwi, son of former Bihar chief ministers Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav, usually leaves his house around 9 am every day and returns to Patna after attending 13-14 rallies in a day. He has been aggressively campaigning against the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government.

ThePrint’s National Photo Editor Praveen Jain captured these exclusive photos of Tejashwi Yadav at his residence and also while campaigning.

Former CM of Bihar Rabri Devi and his son Tejashwi sanitizing hands at their residence | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav sanitise hands at their residence | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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Tejashwi Yadav and Rabri Devi at their residence in Patna | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Before leaving to the election campaign Tejashwi Yadav with her mother rabri Devi discussing outside their house | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav and Rabri Devi outside their house in Patna | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
After Tejashwi Yadav leaving for election campaigning rabri Devi looking at his car at her residence | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, wife of jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, at her residence in Patna | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former CM of Bihar Rabri Devi outside her residence holding old photographs of mine in the cheerful mood| Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rabri Devi holds a family photograph in which she can be seen with Lalu Prasad and their sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav while getting up in the helicopter avoiding RJD worker not to wear him garland (mala) because of coronavirus | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav arrives for a campaign rally in Patna | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav poses for the camera at his residential office | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav poses for the camera at his office in Patna| Praveen Jain | ThePrint
After the campaigning Tejashwi Yadav residential office in the cheerful mood | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav is the CM face for the Grand Alliance in Bihar election | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav entering his party office | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Tejashwi Yadav enters his party office in Patna | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Big hoardings of PM Narendra Modi and Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Posters of PM Narendra Modi and Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Underprivileged kids play against the huge hoarding of Tejashwi Yadav in the background | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Children playing near an election hoarding of Tejashwi Yadav | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
On the streets of Bihar, there are big hoardings of Tejashwi Yadav. | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
An RJD poster reading “Bihar maange badlav (Bihar seeks change)” can be seen on the streets of Patna | Praveen Jain | ThePrint