Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com, reports from Patna:


Mourners at the RJD office in Patna, watch their fates unfold on TV. There is a funereal quiet at the office -- no slogans in Lalu Yadav's support or waving of the party flag. Lalu is not at the party office. A RJD worker says cryptically,  "position dekhkar aayenge."