NDA is aggressive in making its strategies and going random appeasing its alliance partners to get that magic figure. The strategies of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are par excellent in sabotaging CM Nitish Kumar. The NDA finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar Assembly elections amid much bargaining by the Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), with some heartburn for Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP). This is a winning alliance combination as the seat sharing arithmetic clearly indicates that the NDA has the potential for stability in the state. Let’s hope that good administration will come in Bihar which is also an essential ingredient for development, whereas the alternative arithmetic of 100 plus 100 plus 43 of the grand alliance is characterized by credibility crisis, mutual suspicion and internal contradictions with the potential for blackmail, instability, policy paralysis, chaos and a possible midterm election preceded by the President’s rule.
Assuming that JD (U) and RJD will win 50-50 seats each, and the Congress wins 23 seats due to Rahul’s aggressive campaigning, which totals 123 seats for the grand alliance, then Nitish can be CM again. However, this may be a remote possibility. The atmosphere of confusion surrounding the grand alliance, this scenario cannot be entirely ruled out. Nitish Kumar will be remembered more for what he should not have done to Bihar than what he had done, as its CM. His first tenure was given a seamless administration free of any controversies caused by political opportunism. That’s why he could have got his second term. In the middle, he chose to leave NDA and created controversy. The parting of company with the BJP not on local issues that affected Bihar’s economic growth and development but on an extraneous issue of his own making was his first mistake. Appointing Manjhi with a lack of understanding of the latter’s potential for revolt with the idea that Manjhi was a use and throw stuff was his second mistake. For the sake of retaining his position as CM more than aiming for the growth of Bihar, he chose to ally with the Congress, forgetting the emergency days. That is his third mistake. His alliance with fodder scam tainted Lalu, who stands disqualified from contesting polls and is out on bail is the fourth mistake. In spite of all these odds, let see if he can pass the test.
NDA too had struggled in dealing with Manjhi earlier. Manjhi’s demand was high for a certain number of seats. The HAM get 20 seats and 4-5 members of Manjhi’s party would fight on the BJP symbol. Announcing the NDA’s seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar elections, Amit Shah refused to clarify whether or not seats in dispute between Jitan Ram Manjhi and Ram Vilas Paswan, especially in the Jamui and Chakai areas, were decided on. Manjhi and Paswan both issued statement to media about their disappointment and also agreements. Meanwhile two Dalit trump cards clashed with one another; even they might sabotage party by using their potential to mounding Dalit votes. Some BJP leaders are sidelined here, Sushilkumar Modi is also cornered. There is an unseen anger within the party and even RSS is not active this time as it was earlier in Lok Sabha elections.
Bihar government run by NDA, when Nitish Kumar was the Chief Minister and Sushil Modi was the Dy Chief Minister performed exceedingly well. Nitish Kumar was not under the hope that he will be chosen as the Prime Ministerial candidate from NDA but he was against Modi as PM candidate and he refused to support him. He thought he had a secular image which Narendra Modi does not pose. He quit NDA and performed miserably in the Parliamentary election. He joined hands with his opponent Lalu Prasad Yadav to defeat the BJP.
You cannot fool common man twice through false promises. People are experiencing the developmental agenda in state like Bihar. BJP ruling lacks exclusive development. It is developing only corporates and traders. Common people, workers and farmers are distressed due to BJP’s misrule. Have you seen any development in BJP ruled states of Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa, etc. There is nothing except corruption in those states. Onion is sold for Rs. 80/- per kg all over India with the active support of BJP. PM is on 27th pleasure jaunt abroad within 15 months. The social fabric of India is at stake. 14000 farmers committed suicide owing to the anti-farmer policies of BJP within 15 months. Black money issue too flopped; BJP is thriving on propaganda and publicity. I hope, Bihar voters will make wise decision for themselves.
