Hullabaloo of Resounding Victory and
Resounding defeat in the Crucial Bihar polls has subsided ,but the verdict has
burdened The JU(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with a twin
responsibility of running the show better than his previous three straight
stints and keeping the Grand Alliance fledgling aspirations and
credibility intact.
Opposition camps’ strategies to
replicate its Mahagathbandhans in other poll bound states will mainly depend on
the JD(U)-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress governance in the cow belt
state which has empowered them to rule it with full might but in a judicious
way. Now, one side verdict era is dawning fast- General Elections,Delhi polls
and Bihar results –are pointer to that.
Formation of Ministry and anointment of RJD
supremo sons in the coveted slots along with many ,with limited educational
background in the cabinet, has raised many eyebrows virtually suggesting that
RJD would have wasp like grip on the government and the Team Nitish is
handicapped due to limited talent vis-a –vis skills and education required in
the contemporary governance.
Any slippage here will reflect on the national
political scenario from the opposition’s perspective as well on people's
estimation of these regional forces vis-a - vis main national parties-BJP and
Congress.
Every step in Bihar will resonate wildly on the
social media and influx of sarcastic campaigns ,engineered by vested elements
on the social media in the post Bihar verdict, is manifestation of such
apprehensions
Next two years ,As many as ten states will go
to polls ,including five in the next year- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,Kerala,
Assam and UT Puducherry and any haste to create too much problems
for the center may not go well with electorate which has shown their
matured wisdom time and again –leaving swarms of pollsters and media
contingents confused though cities after cities voted for the
same coalition with least violence despite all bids to whip up tensions
on various lines-castes and communal .
The Bihar verdict has conveyed more messages
than one- the Indian Democracy is intolerant to use of virtual expletives in
the campaign; growth and development agenda is occupying prime space or slowly
becoming the deciding factor; there should not be any difference in “Kathni and
Karni”(Assertions and deliveries) ;Veterans politicians should not
be side stepped; Regional sentiments rule the roost; outsiders should have
limited role in drawing local strategies ; no confusion on candidates for
the Prime slot;right alignments on caste lines ,but communal warfare –division
among communities does not cut ice ; scientific and sobre planning (Prashant
Kishore’s style) and size of crowds in rallies is no criteria to gauge
public mood.
Last Three elections – Narendra Modi was clear
cut choice of NDA camp in 2014, it paid off;Arvind Kejriwal was CM
candidate for AAP in Delhi polls while BJP gave confusing signals, Nitish
Kumar was Mahagathbandhan choice for CM slot in Bihar- have shown beyond an
iota of doubt that any tricks or back stage strategies will be rubbished
by people and they want straight answers and open choices.
More over, nerve wreaking fights to create
right perception for one’s own party and negative perception for rivals
on sustained basis are also emerging as one of the key factors in run upto
polls .
The Manmohan Singh’s Government, despite a plethora of developmental
plans and hold on the price line and economics was beaten hollow at the
hustings on account of perception that the UPA is a “corrupt alliance and
fraught with scams”. Those who committed scams were taken to task and
many of them went jail on dictum “Law will take its own course”, but the
pervais perception was prevalent that the UPA is allegdely
synonymous of Corruption and it lost. The Ruling dispensation should be
clean and should not forget power of RTI ( right to information), digital
working and roving hidden cameras.
The verdicts suggest that Leaders should not be
too vocal and at the same time, the leader should not be perceived as “Mauni
Baba”. Moderation in speeches is the key refrain.
As the Bihar polls is a wake up call for
The Modi government, perception about the government is under going in a subtle
and but decisive way. Campaigns like “ Arahar capsules are available at grocery
shops with a prescription that two tablets in the lunch and two in night with a
bowl of lukewarm water” catch up ,so rates of essentials are to be
bridled –the government has to decide what to with spiraling price lines
and scuttle such impressions through deliveries rather than intimidation.
Nitish Kumar is no more the State’s Chief
Minister, He is also the undeclared poster boy of the opposition camps,so
he has to strike a fine balance with day to day governance, relationship with
RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav,Congress and looming aspirations of like
minded parties on the national scene.
With Newly acquired status for the
national stage and his potential, the World media has riveted its eyes on
Bihar,so for the Kurta –Paijama clad CM has to be on his toes to discharge
duties in tandem with master strategist Lalu Prasad Yadav.
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