North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: The fabric of Bihar’s politics has always been caste equations And ‘Vote Bank’ Is woven around. as and when 2025 assembly elections Coming closer, the main political forces of the state – NDA And Mahagathbandhan – New ways to strengthen one’s own voters and make a dent in the votes of the opposing camp strategies Making it. This time the election is not just on issues, but on each other. ‘Vote bank’ can be ‘stolen’ or ‘copy-pasted’ It has become a unique game to do.
NDA’s new move: Keeping an eye on ‘Lav-Kush’ and ‘backward’ votes
NDA, in which Nitish Kumar party JDU and BJP The main components are, this time trying to solve some old equations. Considered strong in Lalu family for a long time ‘Yadav’ vote Efforts are going on to crack down. as well as, ‘Kurmi’ and ‘Koeri’ i.e. ‘Love-Kush’ equation The emphasis is on further strengthening. Other than this, extremely backward Strong efforts are also being made to attract votes to their side. BJP itself this time ‘Messiah of the backward’ She is working on a strategy to present herself as a party so that the traditional vote bank of the Lalu family can be breached.
Grand alliance’s counterattack: A plan to connect ‘upper castes’ and ‘extreme backward people’
There itself, grand allianceled by Tejashwi Yadav And Lalu Yadav is in the hands of RJD (RJD), this time its traditional ‘Muslim-Yadav’ (MY) equation together with ‘Forward Castes’ And ‘Extremely Backward Classes’ Efforts are being made to connect it also. In the last elections, some upper caste voters had moved away from NDA and supported the Grand Alliance, and now RJD is playing the game of social engineering to bring them back with them. Besides, the grand alliance is also hoping to attract the extremely backward voters who are angry with the NDA constituents into its fold.
‘Caste plunder’ or ‘politics of compromise’?
Actually, in the politics of Bihar ‘Vote Bank’ It does not belong to just one party. It varies from election to election. This time both NDA and Grand Alliance are trying to capitalize on each other’s votes. While the NDA is attracting the traditional voters of the Grand Alliance (such as the extremely backward classes), the Grand Alliance is also trying to attract the supporters of the NDA (such as some upper castes).
This is the situation of Bihar political ground Makes it even more interesting. The 2025 elections will probably be special because the parties will not only try to maintain their vote bank, but will also claim a stake in the opponent’s vote bank. It will be interesting to see that ‘caste plunder’ Who benefits and which party is able to live up to the public trust.
