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Newly elected Janata Dal (United) MLA Vibha Devi on Tuesday had difficulty reciting her oath during the first session of the Bihar Assembly after the state elections and was seen seeking help from a fellow MLA to repeat it.
According to PTI report, Vibha Devi, wife of former MLA and Bahubali leader Raj Ballabh Yadav, sought help from MLA Manorama Devi sitting next to her and with her guidance Vibha Devi was successful in taking the oath.
He defeated RJD’s Kaushal Yadav from Nawada seat by a margin of 27,594 votes.
A look at Vibha Devi’s property
Vibha Devi Yadav declared her assets in the election affidavit filed for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. As per the official disclosure received from the Election Commission of India, his net worth is approximately 31 crores.
He also gave information about liabilities 5.2 crore (mainly loan) and annual income 1.1 crore (from agriculture and other sources).
his movable property has been valued Which includes 7.51 crores 1.5 lakh cash, 2.5 crore in bank fixed deposits and savings, Rs 4.5 crore in shares, mutual funds and bonds, about 800 grams of gold jewellery, along with silver worth approx. 50 lakhs.
real estate is valuable Rs 23.53 crore, which includes extensive agricultural land (several dozen acres), two residential properties mainly in Nawada and Arwal districts 2 crores, and three commercial buildings/shops 1.5 crores. has liabilities 5.2 crore (mostly bank loans) and declared annual income 1.1 crore for the year 2024-25.
Vibha Devi’s political career
Vibha Devi Yadav is a self-proclaimed literate housewife and farmer from Nawada, who entered politics as a representative of her jailed husband amid the family’s strong Yadav caste influence in the region.
Her career started in 2019 when she contested the Lok Sabha elections from Nawada on RJD ticket but lost to LJP’s Chandan Singh.
Undaunted, he contested the 2020 Bihar Assembly election from Nawada constituency as an RJD candidate, defeating BJP’s Binod Yadav by over 26,000 votes.
The victory marked her as the first woman MLA from her family, who leveraged her husband’s “Bahubali” legacy to consolidate Yadav and backward caste votes in a constituency long dominated by the Yadav clan.
In early 2025, after her husband’s acquittal and release from jail, Vibha Devi resigned from RJD citing ideological differences and disharmony with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s development model and joined JDU in February 2025.
After resigning, he said, “I have resigned from the post of MLA…CM Nitish Kumar has done good work in Nawada and Bihar. He will continue to do the same in future also…People look for development. The public will raise questions whether development has taken place or not…”
How did he earn grassroots loyalty?
Establishing herself as a credible “housewife turned leader”, she has organized and supported several women self-help groups (SHGs), free medical camps and school-enrolment drives, especially in the Yadav and backward caste villages of the constituency.
Vibha Devi actively raised issues in the Bihar Assembly between 2021 and 2024, pressing for higher agricultural subsidies, better crop insurance coverage and timely relief for farmers in the flood-hit Nawada region, which will directly benefit thousands of farmer families.
The NDA registered a historic landslide victory in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, winning 202 out of 243 seats, while the grand alliance got only 35 seats. The ruling alliance secured a three-fourth majority in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, making it the second time the NDA has crossed the 200-seat mark in state elections.
In the NDA, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the largest party with 89 seats, followed by Janata Dal (United) with 85, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJPRV) with 19, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAMS) with five and Rashtriya Lok Morcha with four.
(with inputs from agencies)
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