KN Ashok / Tehelka
If it was still any mystery, the current election in Bihar has made it clear that politics in the state is centred around only one word — caste. Bihar veteran Lalu Prasad Yadav echoed these sentiments recently, albeit for his political ends, and may well be taken to task by the Election Commission for them. He said that the election in Bihar is actually a war between the upper castes and the backward castes. The election is indeed war, but it is not that only the upper castes are pitted against the backward castes and the lower castes, they — both the backward and the lower castes — are pitted against themselves as well. While politicians clinically analyse caste configurations in the state, the people of Bihar are left to fend for whatever farcical development schemes are on offer in the state. more
If it was still any mystery, the current election in Bihar has made it clear that politics in the state is centred around only one word — caste. Bihar veteran Lalu Prasad Yadav echoed these sentiments recently, albeit for his political ends, and may well be taken to task by the Election Commission for them. He said that the election in Bihar is actually a war between the upper castes and the backward castes. The election is indeed war, but it is not that only the upper castes are pitted against the backward castes and the lower castes, they — both the backward and the lower castes — are pitted against themselves as well. While politicians clinically analyse caste configurations in the state, the people of Bihar are left to fend for whatever farcical development schemes are on offer in the state. more
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