Apparently there was no reason for Misha to bring the issue to public, but for a perceived plot to avenge Lalu projecting Tejashvi as his heir apparent. She shared her feelings with Tejpratap. The motive behind the mudslinging is probably to weaken the party and Tejashvi. She opened her mouth at a "Litti-Chokha" get-together of party workers on the outskirts of Patna, a part of her Patliputra constituency, which she had lost in 2014 and has pledged to contest again.

Misha nurses a hurt feeling that Lalu did not consider her as his natural heir. Senior leaders of the RJD treat her remarks as an outburst against the father. Though differences between the two brothers surfaced some six months back, Tejpratap hardened his position after Misha’s observation. While Tejashwi took the reigns of the party and as opposition leader after his father's imprisonment, showing immense promise, Misha has been feeling uneasy and is seen ready to join the family fight. “If anybody wanted to fight with me from the front, I will fight like Queen Lakshmibai of Jhansibai, but if anybody back-stabbed me, I will not forgive them,” she declared.

While personal friends of Lalu are fully supportive of him and stand like a rock behind him, the cadres view the bickerings as promoted by the political enemies of Lalu. Some leaders also suspect that Nitish is promoting Tejpratap. In Nitish’s scheme of things Tejashvi is the only potential threat to him. With Tejashvi emerging as the focal point of opposition unity, Nitish cannot expect to perform well at the elections. So, if he manages to weaken him or engage him in an internal fight, then only he can hope of making a dent in the opposition base.

Lalu started his politics as leader of Yadav caste (numerically dominant) and Nitish formed the Samta Party to become leader of his Kurmi caste (not dominant as Yadav).Though Lalu and Nitish both belong to backward class, they are poles apart.

There is a general apprehension that infighting in the RJD would lead to the collapse of the party and its politics. But this does not appear to be correct. While Tejpratap is the public face of the family feud, Tejashvi apparently embodies the ‘politics of Lalu’. It is widely believed that Tejpratap has been playing the game of the leaders opposed to Lalu.

Taking a leaf out of his rule during the nineties once again, an attempt is being made to launch a vilification campaign against Lalu. Nitish might have provided a clean administration, but Lalu empowered the poor. To understand the success of the politics of Lalu Prasad one has to go beyond the conventional understanding of the term development. Lalu provided the poor people of Bihar their voice (awaz). He broke the traditional institutions, like police and the bureaucracy, since these were dominated by the upper castes, for whom his actions were primarily meant to disrespect the institutions, but through this he turned out to be the messiah of the poor and downtrodden.

Tejashvi, unlike his father, is a suave guy and is trying to carry out the process of psychological empowerment, which would be a continuation of the strategy and politics of Lalu Yadav. He has already formed his peer groups who are quite active to reach out his message

Obviously Tejashvi has come to realise that his survival lies in the path opened up by Lalu Prasad Yadav and, therefore, he has stuck to his ideals more than ever before. This is certainly going to create troubles for Misha and Tejpratap. (IPA Service)