INDIA'S most colourful and controversial politician Laloo Prasad Yadav suffered a crushing defeat when the opposition alliance led by former central minister Nitish Kumar swept to power in the recent polls to the Bihar state legislature.
Yadav, railway minister in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, had gambled on fresh polls when the last one a few months ago failed to throw up a clear winner.
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