Overview

• During Tejashwi Yadav’s Bihar Adhikar Yatra, a photo showing Sanjay Yadav in the bus’s front seat—typically reserved for Lalu Prasad or Tejashwi—prompted a public dig from Rohini Acharya.
• After online trolling over her post, Rohini unfollowed Lalu and Tejashwi on social media and was urged by family members to do damage control, according to a party insider.
• Sanjay serves as Tejashwi’s key gatekeeper in the RJD, with party leaders and journalists routing access requests through him, reflecting his expanded influence.
• His trajectory includes a 2012 introduction by Akhilesh Yadav, early coaching of Tejashwi, a credited 2015 campaign input on reservation remarks, and a 2024 Rajya Sabha seat where his Delhi office doubles as Tejashwi’s workspace.
• Without issuing a public rebuttal to the bus episode, he sought to ease tensions by seating Dalit leaders in the front row as the party confronts visible family strains ahead of elections.