Shruti Vyas
Nitish Kumar reinvented himself and socially engineered his campaign around goodwill he knew he held among Biharis
The Bihar election has turned from caste to a battle between two towering personalities
Lalu Prasad Yadav’s political journey of farce is almost over
The BJP stands to gain from a revolt brewing among Dalits, lower Backwards and a section of upper OBCs against the political clout of Yadavs and Kurmis
What happens when the leading alliances in Bihar are biased towards fielding Yadav candidates
An epic battle is underway in the proverbial badlands of Bihar, where many political lives swing between irrelevance and renewal. Even as cracks appear in the artificial alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, the BJP wants more than a victory. It is fighting for a mandate worthy of India’s most popular politician and its unsurpassed campaigner. Narendra Modi’s next phase of modernisation will begin from the backwardness of Bihar
How political parties in Bihar increasingly use fear as a tool to draw Muslim votes
As Bihar is set to become a defining battle for Narendra Modi, Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, the political cartel of backward castes faces a mortal threat from the underdogs