Well, for me the
time flies very fast. It just look like that yesterday only I wrote my last
post on the blog. But it’s not the case. Actually, last month was very hectic
for me. Till today, I was having professional work keeping me engaged and to
prevent me from writing even though I was having topic to write. But right now,
I do have the time but I don’t have the right topic to write.
Well, two days
ago, the result of Bihar election came and NDA has returned to power. BJP has
emerged as the second largest party as RJD came as the topper. But RJD has got
5 seats less than its 2015 performance. Indeed, BJP has improved its position
as compared to 2015 elections. Now, the alliance with JD (U) is questionable. We
have seen 15 years uninterrupted rule of Mr Nitish Kumar. Personally,
I feel that Mr Nitish Kumar has lost his charisma. He has failed to come up
with the expectations of the people. If I take his first tenure as a changing
era for Bihar then it won’t be wrong. But for the rest two terms, he has
disappointed the people Bihar a lot.
Now I think there will be a revolt against him in
the BJP. I think within a year, it will be clear. Actually, my personal feeling
is that since 2010 till date, he hasn’t done anything in the field of health, employment,
encouragement of industries. Building new roads and flyovers across the state
and improving the electricity supply and better law and order system in the
state are few good works being done by him for which I give credit to him. But what
about the other things. Why labours from Bihar are still migrating? We have
seen that during lockdown, a large number of man force has returned to Bihar
from other states. Why such situation has arisen that under the leadership of a
good Chief Minister, the labours were forced to migrant?
Let’s take the education sector. IIT Patna was
established but now the same institute has become NIT? How this happened? Why
still many students of Bihar are going to other cities like Bangalore,
Warangal, Chennai, Vellore and other places for engineering and medical
studies? Why isn’t there much facilities at the current engineering colleges
and medical colleges to cater the need of Bihar itself? If you will say that it’s
not possible for the government to start school and colleges on its own at
every places of the state. I agree with you. But what’s the Bihar government’s
policies about encouraging private players to open their ventures in Bihar? There
is no control of the state education department on the private schools who are
charging heavy fees for the education till class 10th.
What about inviting companies to invest in Bihar? I know
that it’s not possible for the Nitish Kumar government to start any new industry
in the state but it hasn’t done anything to invite any companies to Bihar. Forget
about the international companies, even national companies aren’t ready to
invest in Bihar. If Nitish Kumar is charismatic leader then it won’t be
difficult for him to improve these situation. But I doubt that. Since last ten
years, he hasn’t been able to do so.
I think the betrayal of JD (U) in 2015 elections has
made JD (U) to pay the price in 2020. In 2014, Nitish Kumar left NDA and broke
all relations with BJP. Prior to the elections in 2015, JD (U) form alliance with
RJD and Congress against BJP. But in 2017, Nitish Kumar made a U turn and again
joined hands with BJP and revived the coalition in NDA. There was a strong
political turmoil during that time. I think that’s the main thing for the loss
of JD (U) in 2020 elections. They might blame Chirag Paswan for creating tough
competition for JD (U) but the picture is something else. I think it’s time for
downfall of JD (U) in Bihar. Seriously, this time Nitish Kumar has to seriously
focus on the development issues otherwise seriously this election will become
his last one.
