Our PM
is striving hard to enthuse the voters of Bihar by his garrulousness and
ultimately energizing let them know what is his vision to take Bihar on a prosperous path of development. Days before this state goes to polls, he is
making the development at the centre point of his election campaign. By
presenting a vision of welfare and employment opportunity, Modi seems to
subjugate his opponents who will be dividing the voters on the basis of caste
factor. The grand alliance, which is formed of Nitish and Lalu and some other smaller
parties counter the development slogan of the NDA government and are depending
both on the development works already done by JD (U) government and also on the
basis of caste factor. Nitish is basically upbeat to score on this point of
caste factor based on Lalu’s influence on Yadav community. Of course, this grand
alliance will not get the support of
slippery politician Mulayam and his followers because he is not included in
this alliance. The announcement of many programs, namely Deen Dayal Upadhayay
Gram Jyoti Yojna, a gas pipeline project, skill developmental centers and
package of 1.25 lakhs crore are not giving Nitish a comfortable posture as he
is continuing to announce a seven-point plan to augment the growth of Bihar by
investing 2.70 lakhs crore in the coming five years of time. He is trying to
woo the voters with all these charismatic plans and programs.
Nitish
wants to play his shots with a full vigor by announcing various investment plans to
strengthen his position in the ballot game. Modi is also taking the route of
caste by enthusing the Dalit voters that how the son of a Dalit, their former
chief minister Manjhi was humiliated in the hand of Nitish. So, apart from
development work, he too is campaigning taking caste factor into consideration.
The BJP has made coalition with like minded persons like Manjhi, LJP’s Ramvilas
Pawan and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader Upendra Kushwaha and are very sure
to win this election. Modi’s own OBC credentials are understated, but are a
surround sound to his development pitch. Modi’s tactical ploy to take these
people in his side only to garner the support of backward and Dalits, which
constitute 33% of the total voters. It is to be seen how they react in the
provocative speeches of various announcements and promises of big politicians
and vote catchers, namely Paswan, Kushwaha and Manjhi. Mulayam’s Samajwadi
party has made a political seat arrangement with NCP and firing salvos to
Nitish and Lalu debunking their roof top screaming that they are the more
secular forces prevailing in India as of today. He further criticized Nitish’s
JD (U) government that he has reigned a local government for the past twelve
years in the company of the BJP. As per him, Nitish’s claim of secular is a
most falsifying statement.
Any
election is a full of topsy-turvy and one cannot overrule any miracles to happen for any side. But the alliance of SP, NCP, and three left
parties will definitely snatch the sure shot voters of the secular alliance of
Nitish and Lalu. If a few thousand votes
here and there are getting gnawed by this alliance of SP, NCP and others, then
Nitish and Lalu’s mahagatbandhan will be confined in a dark mire. Now, Modi has
to take the advantage of this feud between these mahagatbandhan and the
alliance of SP and NCP. If he can
convince the voters about his various welfare activities already performed in
the past fifteen months and assure that his
government will do many more things to take Bihar as one of the most prosperous states in India, then, there
is no reason for BJP gets defeated in this election. Modi may add another
feather in his cap shortly.
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