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Rise, rise and the great fall of Lalu
The tumultous chapter in Bihar politics came to end on Tuesday after 15 long years which saw many ups and downs.
The rise of Lalu Prasad, the garib ka beta and chaprasi ka bhai, in the state's political firmament began in 1989-90 after the sudden demise of Karpoori Thakur, the patriarch of Lok Dal politics in the state.
Lalu managed to occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the state assembly which Thakur had held. He mobilised the support of some of the Yadav MLAs of what was then Lok Dal (it later merged with other groups to form Janata Dal) and struck deals with others like Nitish Kumar and Jagadanand Singh.
A nominee of Devi Lal, he became chief minister even though he didn't have majority support among Janata Dal MLAs, largely because Chandrashekhar would not let V P Singh's nominee, Ramsundar Das, occupy the post.
The Old Turk, smarting under the loss of prime ministership to the Raja of Manda, joined forces with Devi Lal, Sharad Yadav and Nitish Kumar to scupper Das' pitch.
But Lalu came into his own only after his bold gambit of ditching his original mentor, along with Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav, for V P Singh in August 1990 ��� in exchange for a commitment to implement the Mandal Commission recommendations on reserving jobs in the Central services for OBCs (Other Backward Classes).
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