Tejashwi accuses BJP MLA Maithili Thakur’s father of land grabbing

RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav. File | Photo Credit: Siddhant Thakur

Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Friday (November 13, 2026) accused BJP MLA Maithili Thakur’s father Ramesh Thakur of forcefully encroaching private and government land.

The villagers of Pokharbhinda panchayat in Darbhanga district has alleged Mr. Ramesh Thakur of encroaching on a government road and privately owned land while fencing the plot.

The Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR) Ajya Kumar went to the encroachment area on November 12, 2026, conducted a land survey, and then removed the illegal construction at the site.

One complainant, Gagan Kumar Mishra, has written to Circle Officer (CO) on September 7, 2026, alleging Mr. Thakur of encroaching the land.

“BJP MLA Maithili Thakur and her father, Ramesh Thakur, have illegally occupied government land worth hundreds of crores—along with public roads, communal ritual sites, and private plots—in the Tardih block of Darbhanga district,”Mr. Yadav wrote in social media post on X.

He further said, “The administration has confirmed the authenticity of these encroachments. It is ironic, the very MLA who claimed to see a “Jungle Raj” (lawlessness) is now, under this so-called “Mangal Raj” (good governance), seizing both government and villagers’ land.”

A day earlier, Ms. Thakur, who represents the Alinagar Assembly constituency, denied the charges saying that her family has valid land document. She has not reacted after the removal of the encroachment.

Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, Mr. Yadav said when a Chief Minister with criminal tendencies provides protection, his MLAs and Ministers become emboldened to commit crimes.

“Targeting ordinary citizens, they have accelerated their activities by seizing government land, orchestrating the murders of government officials, engaging in corruption and moral misconduct, and intensifying extortion, robbery, and dacoity,” Mr. Yadav alleged.

He also mentioned that there is no government in Bihar and tt is the NDA’s own MLAs who are now troubling the public.

He further alleged that corruption and crime have crossed all limits. He asked what do Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have to say about the “crimes and immoral acts recently committed by NDA MLAs”.

He also named several other MLAs of the ruling coalition, alleging that an NDA MLA from Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party, representing Belsand Assembly constituency, Amit Kumar, has seized land worth several hundred crores across the Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi districts.

“Another NDA MLA from the LJP (RV) has been implicated in the murder of the Executive Officer (EO) of the Dehri-Dalmianagar Municipal Council in Rohtas district. According to the official’s wife, the LJP (RV) MLA had her husband killed because he refused to pay a commission,” Mr. Yadav said.

Executive Officer (EO) of Dalmianagar Municipal Council, Vimal Kumar, was beaten to death in Bihar’s Aurangabad district late on August 1, 2026). His wife Babita Kumari had accused Rajiv Ranjan Sing alias Sonu Singh, LJP (RV) MLA of Dehri-on-Sone, of being behind his murder.

Mr. Yadav’s brother Tej Pratap Yadav has also slammed Mr. Thakur saying that illegal occupation of the land of the poor and farmers will not be tolerated at any cost.

“The allegations emerging against Ramesh Thakur, the father of MLA Maithili Thakur, of land grabbing and threatening people are deeply troubling. These allegations must be investigated impartially at a high leve, “ Mr. Tej Pratap, the National President of Janshakti Janata Dal, wrote on X.

Published - November 14, 2026 07:10 am IST