Rabri Devi moves to own house, gives up government bungalow she had occupied for two decades
Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi has vacated a government bungalow in Patna after two decades of occupancy. The move follows pressure from the current BJP-led state administration to reallocate the property to a government minister.
Why it matters
The eviction highlights shifting political power dynamics in Bihar and the symbolic end of an era for the state's prominent RJD political family.
Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Thursday (July 2, 2026) shifted to her own house, giving up the government bungalow that had been her residence as well as the camp office of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), headed by her husband Lalu Prasad, for nearly two decades.
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