Lalu Prasad Yadav still a factor in Bihar | ummid.com
Lalu Prasad's importance can be gauged from the manner in which his main rivals BJP and JD-U, in hoping for support from his Yadav caste, have chosen against targeting him after his conviction in the fodder scam to avoid antagonising the Yadavs, who constitute more than 11 percent of Bihar's 105 million population.