The scam has offered Lalu Prasad an opportunity to point fingers at Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi.
'This is the first time since Independence that we are facing such a despairing situation.'
But he doesn't want to shut the door completely on the Yadav family as that could create problems for him in 2019.
The crisis will strengthen Nitish Kumar's position as Lalu's troubles erodes his bargaining power within the ruling coalition in Bihar.
'Nitish Kumar thinks the matter will keep Lalu in check and that he will remain in power without any challenge from the RJD.'
The so-called soil scam has left Lalu alone in the Mahagathbandhan.
The state government has introduced a new, more stringent law by which offenders could be jailed for up to seven years and make them poorer by Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
For the moment, Siwan is once again Shahabuddin's home.
Prohibition is resulting in prisons getting overcrowded.
Year after year, floods cause mayhem in Bihar but the government is not paying adequate attention to water management.
On Monday, August 29, a court in Saran, Bihar, sentenced the headmistress of the school where 23 children died after eating a mid-day meal to 17 years in prison. Three years after that tragedy, discovers Satyavrat Mishra, the state government has failed to learn its lessons.
Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban
The reputation of Bihar's schools has taken a knock. Satyavrat Mishra explains how a student-teacher nexus has gamed the system to produce toppers by the dozen.
Rampant crime challenges the chief minister's promise to maintain law and order. But some say there are other forces at play.
After a series of defeats since 2012, the results of the recent panchayat polls are being seen by her as a tide changer for the upcoming UP assembly elections
Several states that imposed prohibition in the past lifted it once revenue loss began to pinch
Why has Lalu Prasad picked his youngest child, Tejashwi Yadav, as his political heir.
It is as much about farmer woes and the lack of job opportunities as about the mixing of religion and politics.
Ground surveys have found that several members of the dominant castes are in economic conditions quite similar to that of peer communities with the advantage of quotas.
Half-way through the polls, the fight has become more personal.
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