Praveen S Thampi / ET
Bihar wants to break out from the cycle of poverty and migration. But our politicians are instead offering it more caste and religion. A spirited poll campaign that began as a debate on two types of development models has fast degenerated into a smearcampaign on reservation and Pakistan.
A decade of JDU-BJP rule under Nitish Kumar has brought Bihar back from the brink and it is poised for the next leap. But the estranged partners, in their quest for easy power, have resorted to the lowest denominators. One wants to vote your caste while the other has stooped a few levels below assuming a blatantly communalist posture. Hopefully, Bihar will rise above such short-sighted politics. more
Bihar wants to break out from the cycle of poverty and migration. But our politicians are instead offering it more caste and religion. A spirited poll campaign that began as a debate on two types of development models has fast degenerated into a smearcampaign on reservation and Pakistan.
A decade of JDU-BJP rule under Nitish Kumar has brought Bihar back from the brink and it is poised for the next leap. But the estranged partners, in their quest for easy power, have resorted to the lowest denominators. One wants to vote your caste while the other has stooped a few levels below assuming a blatantly communalist posture. Hopefully, Bihar will rise above such short-sighted politics. more
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