Tejashwi Yadav is also facing backlash over his absence from the state at a time when Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has claimed the lives of 132 children in Muzzafarpur.
Underneath is written whoever brings back Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav will be given a reward of Rs 5,100 and a footnote added he has been missing since the Lok Sabha polls results were declared.
'Why should he (Tejashwi) resign (as leader of the opposition)? If one does not like his leadership, one can leave the RJD or Mahagathbandhan,' Tej Pratap Yadav said.
The Rashtriya Jana Dal (RJD) faced a complete rout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, while Lalu Prasad was imprisoned at the Birsa Munda Central Jail. He has not kept well and had also been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ranchi.
A legislator from the Gaighat assembly seat in Muzaffarpur, Maheshwar Yadav also targeted jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad for turning the party into his own private fiefdom.
This is the first election the JD-U has contested without a manifesto. However, its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) -- did release their manifestos.
In a veiled dig at jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, 'those doing the rounds of court to secure bail are scared of a strong government in New Delhi'.
