Sanjay Kumar / mint
The verdict of the Bihar assembly election is clearly a vote for development—not for what Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised, but for the work done by chief minister Nitish Kumar during his two terms in government.
The results should not be seen as merely the victory of caste alliances and electoral arithmetic crafted by Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress. Even for a section of voters, who voted for the Grand Alliance (GA) on caste identity, it was backed by their firm belief that in the past, RJD chief Lalu Prasad was instrumental in giving them voice, self-respect and pride.
These voters attached a different meaning to development from their own dictionary. This verdict is also a complete rejection of the divisive style of politics, experimented with by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), not a rejection of the work done by the central government. more
The verdict of the Bihar assembly election is clearly a vote for development—not for what Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised, but for the work done by chief minister Nitish Kumar during his two terms in government.
The results should not be seen as merely the victory of caste alliances and electoral arithmetic crafted by Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress. Even for a section of voters, who voted for the Grand Alliance (GA) on caste identity, it was backed by their firm belief that in the past, RJD chief Lalu Prasad was instrumental in giving them voice, self-respect and pride.
These voters attached a different meaning to development from their own dictionary. This verdict is also a complete rejection of the divisive style of politics, experimented with by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), not a rejection of the work done by the central government. more
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