Dr Ajay Gudavarthy / New IE
Discourses that have had a sway over Indian politics and looked fairly settled are cracking up and Bihar stands as a test case as to which direction they are set to take. In this sense, elections in Bihar hold important clues, and therefore these elections justifiably have significance for national politics in general and the future of BJP and Modi’s leadership in particular. Elections in Bihar are being held in the context of a transition into a post-Mandal and post-liberalised Indian polity.
To begin with, in the changing terrain of Indian politics, the anti-Congress wave that marked the general elections of 2014 and the Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Chattisgarh is not the determining factor for the voting pattern in Bihar anymore. Further, the ‘Modi wave’ and the myth of ‘Gujarat model’ are already on the wane, in light of Modi‘s one year rule, which has left a palpable gap between what was promised and projected and what has been delivered so far. more
Discourses that have had a sway over Indian politics and looked fairly settled are cracking up and Bihar stands as a test case as to which direction they are set to take. In this sense, elections in Bihar hold important clues, and therefore these elections justifiably have significance for national politics in general and the future of BJP and Modi’s leadership in particular. Elections in Bihar are being held in the context of a transition into a post-Mandal and post-liberalised Indian polity.
To begin with, in the changing terrain of Indian politics, the anti-Congress wave that marked the general elections of 2014 and the Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Chattisgarh is not the determining factor for the voting pattern in Bihar anymore. Further, the ‘Modi wave’ and the myth of ‘Gujarat model’ are already on the wane, in light of Modi‘s one year rule, which has left a palpable gap between what was promised and projected and what has been delivered so far. more
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