The Bihar assembly elections is the first time that major non-BJP parties are coming together in an alliance to stall the saffron party’s juggernaut. That leaders like Nitish and Lalu have shed their mutual antagonism, and any remnants of anti-Congressism, to fight on a common platform signifies the emphatic manner in which the centre of gravity in Indian politics has shifted in favour of the BJP.
For PM Modi, winning Bihar in 2015, and UP in 2017, is key to asserting his political domination over the country and wresting the Rajya Sabha from the Opposition. But Modi also realises that recapturing the electoral mood of 2014 has become difficult. While the electoral arithmetic of consolidating individual vote shares is impeccable and makes a case for the JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine, this does not factor in the task of convincing sceptical voters and dissenting cadres of respective parties. more
For PM Modi, winning Bihar in 2015, and UP in 2017, is key to asserting his political domination over the country and wresting the Rajya Sabha from the Opposition. But Modi also realises that recapturing the electoral mood of 2014 has become difficult. While the electoral arithmetic of consolidating individual vote shares is impeccable and makes a case for the JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine, this does not factor in the task of convincing sceptical voters and dissenting cadres of respective parties. more
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