The Bihar Assembly elections are gradually moving towards conclusion and figuring the results before the actual votes are counted is a fraught exercise. Nevertheless, we look here at the reasons behind what can script a loss for either Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) or Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). So, check out the top 2 Bihar Assembly elections takeaways:
While the clinching role of caste will always remain the great unknown, if Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) loses, it will be because the voters are more frightened of what the partnership with Lalu will means for the future; and that first-time voters in particular are more convinced of Modi’s ability to deliver the goods in Bihar.
However, if the BJP loses, it will suggest local governance matters more and that, the BJP does not do well in a two-cornered contest — the ghost of the Delhi elections, when the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) thrashed both the BJP and Congress, will get a new life, and there will be questions raised as to whether Modi should have allowed his development agenda to be hijacked by the old casteist/communal agenda.