Day 514

 I know that I’m continuing to be absent again. Regular writing always has been my aim but unfortunately I’m unable to achieve my aim. Every time, I try to achieve it but every time I fail in that. But after analysis, I have found that I’m not putting my full effort in this.

 

Well, today I’m not going to write on my flaws. Actually, topic selection is a tough job. But for the past few days, I’m very much tempted to write on politics but I don’t understand where to start. Actually, Indian politics is so much twisted and inter related that if you will look at any state politics then automatically other states will come in focus and hence the subject becomes length. Its because in India, whatever state you live in, major issues are faced in every state. Culturally, a state is different from another but politically all are interconnected.

 

In my last election, I wrote about the state wise Chakka Jam called by RJD and Congress Party in protest of so called corrupt practices being involved in connecting the voter id with Adhaar card of the voters in Bihar before the upcoming state assembly election. Rahul Gandhi said in his rally that the NDA government did the same thing during Maharashtra state assembly election and 10 per cent bogus voters were created that’s why Congress party and its allies in Maharashtra were unable to form government in Maharashtra. The government is saying that the action is being implemented by the Election Commission and it’s a necessary action to identify the bogus voters. Naturally, a common man will get confuse because both, government and opposition, are saying the same thing but in opposite sense.

 

But one thing is sure that the upcoming state assembly election in Bihar will be full of unexpected turns. In the last 35 years, Lalu Yadav and his wife has ruled for continuous 15 years and for the last 20 years we have seen Nitish Kumar’s rule. In the past 35 years, Bihar has seen many things. There was a time when Bihar was the last in implementations of the national schemes. This was due to the political will of Central government and state government because in the early years, Congress party was at the both levels. This created migration from Bihar for work, business and further studies.

 

Schools, technical colleges and Universities were there but gradually they turned into the major points for students politics and slowly and gradually the academic things took the backseat and political activities became priority. From 1990 to 2005, infrastructure went downhill instead of upliftment. Lalu Yadav became Chief Minister on his speeches to bring social reforms and for the upliftment of the weaker section. But his family became more rich and the weaker section of the society is at the same level till date. Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi regime favoured caste system and hence more migration of other sections to other parts of Bihar in name of further studies, work and business.

 

Politics was becoming favourite profession for criminals. Kidnapping, random ransom collection, extortion, land grabbing became common thing. Naxalites and rebel army of forward castes came in limelight. Mass murder became daily routine. Infrastructure wasn’t there. Roads were filled with potholes, industries were getting shut down. Proper irrigation system wasn’t there that’s why the crops were either drown in floods or were hit by draught.

 

Post 2005, when people voted for change and Nitish Kumar came in picture. From 2005 to 2015, indeed, Nitish Kumar worked on curbing the rising graph of criminals and criminal activities in state. Likewise, he improved the infrastructure in Patna, capital of Bihar, then he began to improve the infrastructure of other major cities and worked on the highways too. But in 2015, he switched to RJD and Congress alliance, then switched to BJP. Actually, 2015 to 2024, he was busy in playing switching game. BJP became enemy while Congress and RJD were true friends. Actually, we can give the credit of forming INDI Alliance to Nitish Kumar. INDI Alliance was the brain child of Nitish Kumar. He hosted the meeting at Patna where Mamta Banerjee, Udhav Thackeray, MK Stalin, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann were present. But after formation of INDI Alliance, Nitish Kumar, went to meet Narendra Modi and again became an ally in NDA.

 

So, Nitish Kumar has lost his credibility by multiple switching. So, at present, voter in Bihar is confused again. Well, caste politics is one of the major key factors in Bihar politics. RJD is projecting Tejashwi Yadav as their Chief Minister Candidate. Congress party is just an ally of RJD. But NDA isn’t declaring its Chief Minister Candidate. As I have said that Nitish Kumar has lost his credibility by switching so many times that its difficult to say if he will continue then how many seats NDA will get in the state assembly. Actually, I think it’s a bigger headache for BJP than JD(U)  because JD(U) is certain that Nitish Kumar will be their leader. Now BJP has to take some strict decision whether to continue with Nitish Kumar or to convince him and put a new Chief Minister candidate in the election.