The Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted to Mokama MLA Anant Singh in the Dularchand Yadav murder case, directing him to surrender before the concerned authorities by 1 December 2026. The apex court observed that the Patna High Court had not adequately weighed the nature of the crime or Singh's criminal history when granting relief.

What the Supreme Court Said

The court's order took the Patna High Court's bail grant to task, noting that the gravity of the offence and Singh's documented criminal antecedents were insufficiently considered. The direction to surrender by 1 December 2026 leaves Singh with roughly a month to comply. Singh has since stated he will abide by the order and expressed confidence in eventually securing bail again.

Tejashwi Yadav's Sharp Political Dig

Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, was quick to react. Noting that the court was simply performing its constitutional duty, he drew pointed attention to a political reversal — that Anant Singh and his wife Neelam Devi had previously alleged government conspiracy to frame him, only for their tone to shift markedly after Singh broke with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and aligned with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

"Earlier, he and his wife used to say that the government was framing him. But after he betrayed our party and switched sides, the government suddenly became good for him," Yadav remarked.

Tejashwi also used the occasion to renew his prediction that the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] would effectively cease to matter following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.

The Political Backstory: A Floor-Test Fracture

The political estrangement between the RJD and the Singh family traces back to the Bihar Assembly floor test on 12 February 2024. Neelam Devi, then an RJD MLA from Mokama — a seat she had won in the 2022 Mokama bye-election on an RJD ticket — broke with the party and voted in favour of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's NDA government. Two other RJD legislators, Chetan Anand and Prahlad Yadav, also defied the party line during the trust vote.

Notably, the defections proved consequential in consolidating the NDA's legislative majority at a politically sensitive moment — making Singh's current legal exposure a matter of pointed interest for his former colleagues.

Anant Singh Hits Back at JD(U), Nitish Kumar

Singh, for his part, reiterated allegations against JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar, accusing him of orchestrating the murder of Dularchand Yadav and of conspiring to implicate him in the case. Singh also took an implicit dig at the Chief Minister, saying: "If Nitish Kumar were capable, none of this would be happening to me today."

INDIA Bloc Rally and the Broader Political Context

Meanwhile, Tejashwi Yadav was en route to Delhi to attend the INDIA Bloc's proposed rally at Ramlila Maidan on 1 November, appealing to citizens who wished to protect democracy and uphold the Constitution to join the event. The timing — with Singh's legal crisis unfolding simultaneously — hands the opposition a ready-made narrative on the eve of a high-visibility mobilisation.

With Singh required to surrender by 1 December 2026, the coming weeks are set to keep Bihar's volatile mix of law, loyalty, and legislative arithmetic firmly in the national spotlight.