Bihar: The changing picture of politics By Deepak Parvatiyar February 21, 2015 Much like his contemporary Narendra Modi in Gujarat, Nitish Kumar had won the massive three-fourth majority to return to power successively for third time in Bihar on the Development plank in 2010. Yet in subsequent years, development has gone for a toss as opportunism recasts its shadow on Bihar politics in no uncertain terms. The last few days have seen it all that Bihar was earlier notorious for – return of caste-based politics; politicians discrediting Constitutional institutions such as the Governor and the Speaker; criminality in politics; political expediency; and personality-based politics. It would be apt to take up each of these aspects separately to highlight how Bihar today offers to be a perfect case study of how decadence still prevails over development politics. Manjhi tried to play the dalit card Consider how the now deposed chief minister Jita
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