Nearly 5,000 people, banners and placards and even half-a dozen elephants: Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal had left no stone unturned to give Tejashwi Yadav a big build-up on his maiden political yatra from Champaran's Gandhi maidan. The Janadesh Apaman Yatra (rally against insult to mandate), a call to action against Nitish Kumar, is also seen as an effort to establish a mass base for the junior-most Yadav, widely tipped to be the political heir to his father.