Bihar Elections: Bihar assembly elections are going to be held 2025. This time, many new faces are going to try their luck in 243 assembly seats of Bihar. Many veterans in Bihar have seen the face of defeat and victory for years. In the politics here, the year 1990 brought a historic turn. For the first time this year, Lalu Prasad Yadav took the power of the state and became the Chief Minister. But after all, who was the Chief Minister of Bihar before him and who Lalu defeated and got the throne, let’s know.

Which Bihar from Bihar before Lalu

By the end of the 1980s, Bihar’s politics had revolved around the Congress. In the 1985 election, Congress leader Dr. Bhagwat Jha Azad became the Chief Minister, but soon internal tussle and instability affected his government. After this, there was a change of leadership several times. Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Congress) became the Chief Minister in 1989, but his tenure did not last long. In December 1989, the command of power was once again in the hands of Dr. Jagannath Mishra, who took oath as Chief Minister for the third time.

Who was the throne of Bihar by defeating Lalu Yadav?

But this period was not easy for the Congress. There was anger in the public about corruption and plight. In such a situation, in the 1990 assembly elections, the Janata Dal emerged and formed a new equation. The Janata Dal contested the charismatic leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and contested the election. Lalu achieved public support on the backdrop of his strong election strategy, backward classes politics and the background of the student movement.

The Janata Dal got a good lead in the election results and the Congress was out of power. As a result, Lalu Prasad Yadav was sworn in as the 18th Chief Minister of Bihar on 10 March 1990. In this way, he defeated Dr. Jagannath Mishra’s Congress government and captured power.

Lalu handed over backward classes and deprived sections

Lalu Yadav’s becoming the Chief Minister was not only a political change, but it was also the rise of social justice and mandal politics. Earlier, the upper castes were considered to be influenced by the power of Bihar, but Lalu brought backward classes and deprived sections directly to the center of politics. The 1990 election and Lalu Yadav’s victory completely changed the face of Bihar politics. The Congress, which was in power in the state for a long time, went marginalized and a new political era started under the leadership of the Janata Dal.

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