Mohammad Sajjad / rediff
When Lalu attacked the Bihar BJP -- calling it a baraat (marriage party) without a dulaha (bridegroom) -- BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Husain floated the name of Prem Kumar, an Ati Pichhrha, who is contesting the election from Gaya, as the party's chief ministerial candidate.
By the time the polls are held in the Seemanchal region (eastern Bihar, which has a much higher concentration of Muslim voters), it is being surmised that the BJP might float Syed Shahnawaz Husain's name for chief minister. This vagueness, rather than paying off for the BJP, is said to be alienating OBC voters, with Lalu Yadav's campaign speaking of a return of 'Forward Raj' (an upper caste as chief minister) is also striking a chord with the OBCs.
During the Lok Sabha election, many OBC voters are said to have deserted Nitish Kumar because they thought that his campaign against Narendra Modi was adversely affecting a backward caste politician's prospects of winning India's top post. A similar logic is said to be working against Modi now. Many OBC voters argue that why should the prime minister speak so much against Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar despite their caste folk having voted for Modi in 2014? more
When Lalu attacked the Bihar BJP -- calling it a baraat (marriage party) without a dulaha (bridegroom) -- BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Husain floated the name of Prem Kumar, an Ati Pichhrha, who is contesting the election from Gaya, as the party's chief ministerial candidate.
By the time the polls are held in the Seemanchal region (eastern Bihar, which has a much higher concentration of Muslim voters), it is being surmised that the BJP might float Syed Shahnawaz Husain's name for chief minister. This vagueness, rather than paying off for the BJP, is said to be alienating OBC voters, with Lalu Yadav's campaign speaking of a return of 'Forward Raj' (an upper caste as chief minister) is also striking a chord with the OBCs.
During the Lok Sabha election, many OBC voters are said to have deserted Nitish Kumar because they thought that his campaign against Narendra Modi was adversely affecting a backward caste politician's prospects of winning India's top post. A similar logic is said to be working against Modi now. Many OBC voters argue that why should the prime minister speak so much against Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar despite their caste folk having voted for Modi in 2014? more
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