12.11.15

Bihar: Another triumph of the alternative

Ashish Talwar / ToI
After his resounding victory, Nitish Kumar has joined the company of Arvind Kejriwal, Pawan Kumar Chamling, Naveen Patnaik and K Chandrashekhar Rao. All five have two things in common, not only are they non-BJP/non-Congress chief ministers but more importantly, were elected post 9/13/13. An ominous sounding date but it was the day Narendra Modi was anointed by BJP as its prime ministerial candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Modi’s initial success in several states and the national election proved that his party had banked on the right leader especially since he took the Congress to its political nadir. more

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