Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has tasted victory and defeat in the same breath on Saturday - winning one Lok Sabha seat and losing another one.
Lalu Prasad won the Saran seat beating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavyweight Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
However, the railways minister in the outgoing government lost the Pataliputra seat to Ranjan Prasad Yadav of the ruling Janata Dal-United.
Lalu Prasad's RJD was leading in only two Lok Sabha seats out of 40 in Bihar.
He admitted that breaking away from the Congress was the "biggest mistake" that resulted in his party's "heavy" defeat in Bihar.
"It was the biggest mistake. And there is no doubt that breaking away from Congress has resulted in our heavy defeat," Lalu Prasad said.
"People have rejected our alliance with Ram Vilas Paswan (of Lok Janshakti Party). We were not expecting this result. We will now assess why we lost in Bihar and what went wrong. The Congress party has won the mandate and we congratulate them."
"We are also happy that the (Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance) NDA could not win the elections," he said.
On his future, Lalu Prasad said: "Ram Vilas Paswan and I will go to Delhi Sunday and will decide then."
The RJD chief did not rule out going back to the Congress.
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