The domination of Lalu Prasad in the state for 15 long years with Muslim–Yadav combination prompted many leaders including Paswan and Nitish to replicate the equation but they failed to realize that Lalu also had 11 percent of Yadav votes that made the M-Y combination formidable.
Neither Paswan nor Nitish had that kind of vote bank following them. Paswan tried to compensate it through a combination of forward castes, Muslims and Dalits but failed miserably in his endeavor.
By 2009, the flip-flop of Paswan had completely discredited him in the eyes of public, so much so that he lost his own election from Hajipur constituency. Hajipur is one constituency that is dominated by Yadav and Rajput voters.
Paswan needed support of either of these two communities for victory but in 2009, both these castes refused to back Paswan for different reasons that resulted in Paswan's humiliating loss.
Actually, people did not take his dalliances with Congress and RJD kindly and Paswan was brutally punished by the people of Bihar.
