Clipping the wings?

As the JD(U)'s leader in the Rajya Sabha, Sharad Yadav occupies a front-row seat

That Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav is miffed at the decision of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to dump the Rashtriya Janata Dal and ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party is known by now. Now, as the party’s leader in the Rajya Sabha, Yadav occupies a front-row seat. Party leaders in the House are also entitled to additional time to speak. However, the buzz is that Kumar might write to the Rajya Sabha Chairperson with the name of a new party leader, which would relegate Yadav to the back benches.