Never before in the electoral history of India, the campaigning was so abusive and in higher decibel as seen in the yet incomplete Bihar Assembly election. Why was it so? Is it a trend being set for future? Many would confide that the electioneering was unprecedently intense and bitter because of the huge stakse involved.
One may like to know these stakes. Are they related to property ? Not at all. The major stake is the Possibly political future of the stake holders. In this connection the first politician is Lalu Prasad Yadav. A convict of the fodder scam and now out on bail, he understands that his personal electoral fuutre is doomed particularly if the Supreme Court sets aside his review appeal. In that case he will again land in jail. Since his present stature is due to politics, he would like to groom his scions to take over. He never had any faith in any other senior RJD leader when he resigned as the CM and passed on the mantle to his illiterate wife. Now, his two sons and one daughter are in the political arena. Without giving good education to his sons, he was in a haste to immediately baptise them politically. The daughter had contested the last parliamentary election and lost to Ram Kripal Yadav, a close Lalu follower. At present in UP while half a dozen of Mulayam’s relatives are in state and centralegislatures, Lalu has none. As a matter of fact, Lalu has no residence in Delhi. So he his both sons are in fray today. If any wins in case of Grand Alliance victory, he is bound to be the deputy chief minister. It is in this backdrop that Lalu is in a do or die position.
On the other hand, ever since Nitish Kumar broke the alliance with the BJP, his all decisions have been letting him down. After this parting of ways his entire concentration has been no saving his minority government even at the cost of befriending his bitter bete noire, Lalu. He committed hara-kiri once again when after the huge loss in at the hands of Modi, he resigned and installed Jitan Ram Manjhi as the new CM. Nitish could not remain restful without power and chasing out Manjhi, settled in the throne once again which badly antagonized the Manjhi vote bank. Humiliated Manjhi jumped on the NDA bandwagon. In this wake, if Nitish loses the election, he will be reduced to dust and may take at least a decade to rise again. Similarly, the Congress, which is virtually a non-entity in Bihar is trying hard to hold the apron of MG to share power.
The BJP, which has a comfortable majority at the Centre, has two important objectives – firstly, on its path to Congress-free Bharat, it wants to get a big state like Bihar under its control and secondly, the victory will improve its position in the Rajya Sabha, where it has been sustaining strong opposition onslaughts. The party does not like to continue Delhi defeat in Bihar too.
The Third Front constituents want just to register their presence. Its seniormost leader, Mulayam exposed Lalu and Nitish for the failure of the Maha Gathbandhan coming to reality. Similarly Owaisi, from Hyderabad, having made entry in the Maharashtra assembly, is in Bihar assembly election to proveo his countrywide appeal.
One may like to know these stakes. Are they related to property ? Not at all. The major stake is the Possibly political future of the stake holders. In this connection the first politician is Lalu Prasad Yadav. A convict of the fodder scam and now out on bail, he understands that his personal electoral fuutre is doomed particularly if the Supreme Court sets aside his review appeal. In that case he will again land in jail. Since his present stature is due to politics, he would like to groom his scions to take over. He never had any faith in any other senior RJD leader when he resigned as the CM and passed on the mantle to his illiterate wife. Now, his two sons and one daughter are in the political arena. Without giving good education to his sons, he was in a haste to immediately baptise them politically. The daughter had contested the last parliamentary election and lost to Ram Kripal Yadav, a close Lalu follower. At present in UP while half a dozen of Mulayam’s relatives are in state and centralegislatures, Lalu has none. As a matter of fact, Lalu has no residence in Delhi. So he his both sons are in fray today. If any wins in case of Grand Alliance victory, he is bound to be the deputy chief minister. It is in this backdrop that Lalu is in a do or die position.
On the other hand, ever since Nitish Kumar broke the alliance with the BJP, his all decisions have been letting him down. After this parting of ways his entire concentration has been no saving his minority government even at the cost of befriending his bitter bete noire, Lalu. He committed hara-kiri once again when after the huge loss in at the hands of Modi, he resigned and installed Jitan Ram Manjhi as the new CM. Nitish could not remain restful without power and chasing out Manjhi, settled in the throne once again which badly antagonized the Manjhi vote bank. Humiliated Manjhi jumped on the NDA bandwagon. In this wake, if Nitish loses the election, he will be reduced to dust and may take at least a decade to rise again. Similarly, the Congress, which is virtually a non-entity in Bihar is trying hard to hold the apron of MG to share power.
The BJP, which has a comfortable majority at the Centre, has two important objectives – firstly, on its path to Congress-free Bharat, it wants to get a big state like Bihar under its control and secondly, the victory will improve its position in the Rajya Sabha, where it has been sustaining strong opposition onslaughts. The party does not like to continue Delhi defeat in Bihar too.
The Third Front constituents want just to register their presence. Its seniormost leader, Mulayam exposed Lalu and Nitish for the failure of the Maha Gathbandhan coming to reality. Similarly Owaisi, from Hyderabad, having made entry in the Maharashtra assembly, is in Bihar assembly election to proveo his countrywide appeal.
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