North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: Politics of Bihar and Dahi-Chuda feast of Makar Sankranti… these two things seem incomplete without each other. Whenever there is a feast of ‘Chuda-Dahi’ in Patna, not only Tilkut is broken, but new political equations are also created and worsened.
This time on Makar Sankranti, all eyes were on Rabri Devi’s residence, where Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav had organized a grand banquet. Everyone was hopeful that Chirag Paswan would definitely reach there, because the stories of “friendship” and “brotherhood” between Tejashwi Yadav and Chirag are well known. But, this did not happen. Chirag was missing.
Now the question arises why? Are there differences between friends? Or is the matter something else? Chirag Paswan himself has now put an end to these speculations.
What did Chirag say on Tej Pratap’s invitation?
Chirag Paswan expressed his views openly and openly. He made it clear that Tej Pratap Yadav had called him with great love and respect. But his not going there is not because of any personal enmity, but is a well-thought-out strategy.
Chirag said, “The relationship between me and Lalu ji’s family is very old and deep. Tejashwi is like my younger brother. But, in the current political situation, if I had gone there, wrong meanings would have been drawn.”
In simple words, Chirag does not want any confusion to arise between his voters and supporters (especially NDA or his own core voters). He does not want to give the message that he is moving closer to the ‘grand alliance’.
“Don’t want to mix relationships and politics”
Chirag said with great maturity that personal relationships and political ideology are two different tracks. He does not want people to consider his eating of curd-chuda as cooking “political khichdi”. He believes that until the election and alliance situation is completely clear, it is better to avoid such meetings, so that no wrong message is sent to the public.
Market of speculation in Bihar politics
Anyway, the market of discussions remains hot in Bihar. Sometimes it is said that Chirag can go with RJD, and sometimes his ‘Hanuman’ image comes to the fore with NDA. In such a situation, by keeping distance from Tej Pratap’s banquet, Chirag has in a way indicated that he is not going to reveal his cards at the moment. He will maintain friendship, but will do politics on his own terms.
The overall thing is that by not going to the banquet, Chirag has proved that he is now thinking like a happy politician where political profit and loss matters more than emotions.
How do you see this decision of Chirag? What was or should have been done right?
