12.11.15

Bihar polls: One cheer for democracy

Jug Suraiya / ToI
The sound drubbing that the BJP received in the Bihar polls – in which Narendra Modi campaigned with a vehement vigour that many felt was unbecoming of a prime minister – has shown that playing the communal card ensures not a winning but a losing hand.
So, one cheer for our secular democracy.

But the Bihar results reinforced the entrenchment of the other two harmful Cs in our polity: caste and corruption. more

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