Sumit Pande / CNN IBN
Nitish is showing signs of having learnt from the past mistakes. His immediate and timely counter to Prime Minister’s Bihar rallies is a sign of due diligence and preparedness. His biggest challenge however remains not BJP but inherent contradiction in his alliance with Lalu Yadav. Simply put, Nitish Kumar wants Lalu Yadav’s votes but not his political legacy.
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The challenge for the BJP on the other hand is to minimise the incremental loss due to unravelling of empty signifiers which underpinned the party campaign in 2014. Empty signifiers as populist political rhetoric can collapse very fast if juxtaposed with specific timelines.
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With people increasingly seeking to know the tangible benefits of Acche Din, BJP in Bihar will have to run a parallel narrative to convince people that a BJP led state government is best suited to develop Bihar in tandem with a friendly dispensation at the centre. more
Nitish is showing signs of having learnt from the past mistakes. His immediate and timely counter to Prime Minister’s Bihar rallies is a sign of due diligence and preparedness. His biggest challenge however remains not BJP but inherent contradiction in his alliance with Lalu Yadav. Simply put, Nitish Kumar wants Lalu Yadav’s votes but not his political legacy.
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The challenge for the BJP on the other hand is to minimise the incremental loss due to unravelling of empty signifiers which underpinned the party campaign in 2014. Empty signifiers as populist political rhetoric can collapse very fast if juxtaposed with specific timelines.
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With people increasingly seeking to know the tangible benefits of Acche Din, BJP in Bihar will have to run a parallel narrative to convince people that a BJP led state government is best suited to develop Bihar in tandem with a friendly dispensation at the centre. more
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