Jeffrey Witsoe / ToI
Over the past few months, Bihar has been covered with hoardings featuring a smiling Nitish Kumar, often displayed right next to those of Narendra Modi, creating the image that the election is essentially a contest between these two "men of development". But it was Lalu Yadav who addressed the rally last with an impassioned speech, invoking the caste-based rhetoric of the Mandal period that defined his reign in Bihar. How to square Nitish Kumar's "sushasan" with Lalu's "Mandal bomb" remains the defining question of an alliance fraught with contradictions. more
Over the past few months, Bihar has been covered with hoardings featuring a smiling Nitish Kumar, often displayed right next to those of Narendra Modi, creating the image that the election is essentially a contest between these two "men of development". But it was Lalu Yadav who addressed the rally last with an impassioned speech, invoking the caste-based rhetoric of the Mandal period that defined his reign in Bihar. How to square Nitish Kumar's "sushasan" with Lalu's "Mandal bomb" remains the defining question of an alliance fraught with contradictions. more
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