PM Modis actions dont match his words: Nitish

But political observers believe that the party may subtly be attempting to devise a strategy to shield the prime minister’s image from damage in the event of a defeat. “This is Bihar, here we are voting for development, for Nitish Kumar, not for all this, “was the overwhelming consensus”.

In this age, elections are mostly decided on the issue of development and corruption.

In this campaign, Mr Kumar has joined with Mr Lalu Prasad, a former rival, to lead a tag-team coalition of Bihar’s two most popular chief ministers in the last two decades. The contest is direct between BJP-led NDA and Mahagathbandhan under the leadership of Nitish Kumar.

“A loss could also mean the government could be losing its charisma and signal further losses in the state elections to follow”. A probe by CBI should be held to find out the entire chain of extortion of money by Bihar Govt. Ministers and ruling party leaders in the state.

Not one to spare an opportunity to hit out at Modi, Lalu Prasad tweeted, “Modi is the face of the BJP in Bihar, campaigning with his entire ministry & machinery for the last 3 months”.

Prime Minister Modi, who was addressing a rally at Bhabua, took a jibe at the grand alliance for approaching the Election Commission with their demand that his scheduled programmes in the poll-bound state be cancelled. But the people of Bihar have chose to throw this “gathbandan” out of the state. But the party was unexpectedly trounced in local elections held in Delhi in February this year.

What is clear is that Modi’s machinery isn’t as invincible as it earlier seemed.

Another issue that could play an important part in the Bihar polls is of jobs and education.

“They are: UP, Delhi, Maharashtra, Telengana, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Kerala”. “If there are jobs, the youth won’t have to leave the state and go elsewhere for employment”.

The mahagathbandhan scrambled to fix the damage caused by the corruption charge that exploded on the government after a sting video showing Kushwaha (he was in charge of the urban development and excise departments) accepting cash from a stranger went viral. The one and only rally where Congress president Sonia Gandhi, RJD chief Lalu Yadav and Nitish were present was named the Swabhiman Rally. Privatisation of key sectors and adoption of technology to bring in e-governance (and now, m-governance) are the need of the hour which can help weed out corruption to a greater extent. Also, owing to our commitment to inclusive politics, a few deserving people have to be disappointed.

Muslims comprise about 17% of the total population of the state. While the male turnout was 54.5%, it was 59.5% for women voters.