RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on the Bihar poll dates:

"I wish the polls were wrapped up in a single phase though, but we are totally prepared. Intezaar tha is ghadi ka, is imtihaan mein hum paraajit karenge BJP aur NDA ko. We were waiting for this, we will be victorious over the BJP and the NDA. We will decide on seat sharing and proceed accordingly," the RJD chief said. "Yeh Bihar ka chunaav nahi, desh ka chunaav hai. This is not an election for Bihar, it's an election for India," Lalu said.


The Janata Parivar experiment was conceived last year with six parties SP, RJD, JD(U), INLD, JD(S) and SJP - joining hands under the leadership of Mulayam. However, on September 7, the Samajwadi Party announced that it would contest all the 243 Assembly seats in Bihar alone, exiting the grand alliance.

Though JD(U) president Sharad Yadav tried to woo SP back to the Grand Alliance, Mulayam had reportedly made it clear that politics and relationship Mulayams grand nephew is married to Lalus daughter were separate things.