Zee Media bureau, New Delhi :
With the Lalu Prasad Yadav-Nitish Kumar combine having gained the upper hand in the bypoll held for 10 seats in Bihar, all eyes are now on the changing political dynamics ahead of the big battle in 2015, when assembly elections would be held in the state.
Though the ‘grand alliance’ managed to win only six seats, the victory certainly comes as psychological advantage to the alliance partners after the washout in Lok Sabha polls.
The RJD and the JD(U) dubbed the BJP’s loss as a indication of people’s resentment to the policies of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre only to elicit a strong response from the state unit of the BJP.
“Modi ji’s government has nothing to do with the poll results”, said party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
However, the results presents a great challenge to new BJP president Amit Shah as he works to replicate his Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha success elsewhere in the country.
While Lalu and Nitish may have no other option than to stick together and put up a united fight against the BJP in the assembly elections, the bypoll results may also be the first step in what can turn out to be a pan-India consolidation of anti-BJP forces.
