Other prominent candidates in this phase are the BJP’s leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav, senior JD(U) minister Shayam Rajak, HAM leader Vrishin Patel, eight-term BJP MLA Satyadeo Narayan Arya, jailed bahubali legislator Anant Singh, Vivek Thakur and Rahul Tiwari (Shahpur), and the sons of veteran leaders CP Thakur and Shivanand Tiwari respectively.
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“The BJP does not have a strong base in Bihar”.
Ahead of the third phase, the BJP has also tried to settle the Bihari vs bahri (outsiders) debate by giving due prominence to the State leaders in billboards and posters and by repeatedly asserting that it was Nitish Kumar who is responsible for creating a situation in the State that has forced Biharis to become outsiders by seeking educational and employment avenues elsewhere. He also said that if he can not provide what he said, he will not come to ask for vote in 2015 election.
“He said he would speak to Halloween manufacturers from America and make sure one huge lot, sufficient enough for the entire community, is supplied to Bihar’s tantrik’s every year”, said tantrik baba as he appeared enthusiastic about imported apparatus.
On his former loyalist and HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, Kumar said, “When we made Jitan Ram Manjhi the CM, BJP gave statements against him for months”.
At the same booth, monkeys troubled a number of people and bit four of them, including two journalists. In their quest to defeat the Modi juggernaut, they have found a surprising ally – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
But from an aggressive posture at the start of the elections, the NDA alliance has been put on the defensive.
While defending his tie-up with his old fore-turned-friend, the RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Kumar said, “People say all kinds of things about our alliance with Lalu ji, but the fact remains that our school of thought is the same”. Now the grand alliance is in direct combat with the BJP led alliance, with all other challengers like Asaduddin Owaisi, the so called third front with the Samajwadi party and others, and the Left parties who are contesting all seats in Bihar as well, falling by the wayside. Nothing is working for them. “And also, your computer has been hit by Lalu virus”.
But this Bihar polls is a unique one.
The BJP has sunk considerable money into the campaign, with the RSS cadres being virtually “posted” in Bihar well before the elections. The NDA led in 37 of these in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Sahni’s is a story out of Hindi cinema, and deserves a few detailing: he was born into poverty in rural Bihar, and was 18 when he ran away to Mumbai in search of a livelihood.
“When caught, he (PM Modi) is changing colour like a chameleon …”
Modi claimed while NDA’s goal was to take Bihar to greater heights by ushering in development, his rivals were only interested in defaming him.
“Ram Jethmalani and Arun Shourie have been supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the course of the basic elections final yr. But now, why is it that their emotions have modified?”
The Citizen was the first to report on the trend that was certainly not pro-BJP in the manner in which it was being depicted by the corporate owned media.
Lalu Prasad’s prestige was at stake on Wednesday as his sons Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav were in the fray.
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To counter it, the BJP has claimed that the Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress are trying to ensure job quotas for Muslims. The kushwaha votes are divided between Nitish and kushwaha.
