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A sneak peek into Bihar 2010 Assembly Elections

A sneak peek into Bihar 2010 Assembly Elections By  Deepak Parvatiyar       http://www.elections.in/blog/a-sneak-peek-into-bihar-2010-elections/ March 9, 2015 Much water has flown down the Ganges since the last assembly elections in Bihar. Although elections are still a few months away in the state, political equations are changing fast in the caste-sensitive state. A whole new set of permutation and combinations have emerged at the political front in the state with the coming together of the rivals Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). With the Congress too pitching in, the scenario has changed drastically since the last state assembly elections in 2010 when the JD(U)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance was firmly in the saddle. The battle line up seems clear with the JD(U) shunning the BJP to join hands with the RJD and the Congress. This time the intra party bickering within the ruling Janata Dal (United) too is yet to simmer down after Nit