Farewell, Lalu Prasad: End of the old school politician

So it’s over. Laluji’s long, colourful and less-than-illustrious political career has been sunk by the one crime that dogged him for 17 years. This is indeed a blow for a man who hoped Nitish Kumar’s break with the BJP would finally restore him to Bihar’s throne, or at least, inch him closer to it. The blow was delivered not by the conviction itself, or the jail time it promises — hurdles he has overcome in the past — but by a 40-something dynastic heir whose grandstanding has worked to Lalu’s greatest detriment.

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