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Political Equations in Bihar and BJP’s Poll Prospects

Political Equations in Bihar and BJP’s Poll Prospects By  Deepak Parvatiyar Published in elections.in (http://www.elections.in/blog/political-equations-in-bihar-and-bjp-poll-prospects/) July 27, 2015 5.00 / 5  (100.00%)  1 vote Much before the Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh made the state a dreaded place because of the numbers of unnatural deaths of persons involved in the scandal, and the links of political bigwigs in the case, it was actually Bihar that was dubiously referred to as an aberration because of the numerous scandals, political murders and dubious and often criminal track records of the politicians in the state. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his day’s visit to the election bound state on 25th July, sought to singularly point out at Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal for Bihar’s plight, and ingeniously expanded the party’s abbreviated form, RJD, as “Rojana jungleraj ka dar (daily fear of jungle raj)”. Why so? Ostensibly Modi canno