After a dream debut seven years ago when he was sworn in as deputy CM after being elected MLA for the first time was followed by a slump in his political fortunes, Tejashwi Yadav has finally come back to centre-stage as the kingmaker and deputy to CM Nitish Kumar.

The younger son of the charismatic politician Lalu Prasad Yadav had steered the party to an impressive performance in the tightly contested 2020 assembly polls when it won the largest number of 75 seats, belying those who thought he will flounder since Prasad was in jail and the heir apparent lacked acumen.