Lallu has extracted his pound of flesh from nitish kumar by getting one of his (lallu's) sons elected as the Deputy CM and another inducted in the cabinet in charge of 3 ministries.
While the Lallu + nitish + congress' (opportunistic and morally dubious) combine's victory is actually a victory of the regressive and dangerous brand of caste and religion politics over the inclusive developmental and good governance plank that formed the bedrock of the BJP's campaign, and highlights how deeply entrenched casteism, regionalism and selfish interests of small groups is in the psyche of Bihar (at the expense of national issues and sentiments); the selection of family members exposes how these 3 parties look at politics as a heredity profession and provides an indicator of how all 3 are planning to exploit their mandate by enriching and empowering their own families/ caste groups.
A portent of what was to come was served when tej pratap, one of lallu's sons (a 9th grade passout), made not one but two mistakes while being sworn in. He finally got it right in the third try. One of the mistakes tej pratap made was to say 'upekshit (neglected)' instead of 'apekshit (expected)', perhaps understandable given the brand of caste politics Lallu plays in Bihar.
If this is any indicator of things to come, the people of Bihar are looking at another spell of jungle raj and can say good bye to all hopes of economic and social development and good governance (the brunt of which will unfortunately be borne by other states which will see unabated migration from Bihar).
The people of bihar have called this calamity upon themselves and regardless of how much the nation will progress under Narendra Modi ji, Bihar doesn't seem destined to see 'acche din' for quite some time.
Link to the article on lallu's son making mistakes during the swearing in ceremony:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-watch-when-lalu-prasad-yadav-s-son-messed-up-his-oath-2147258
While the Lallu + nitish + congress' (opportunistic and morally dubious) combine's victory is actually a victory of the regressive and dangerous brand of caste and religion politics over the inclusive developmental and good governance plank that formed the bedrock of the BJP's campaign, and highlights how deeply entrenched casteism, regionalism and selfish interests of small groups is in the psyche of Bihar (at the expense of national issues and sentiments); the selection of family members exposes how these 3 parties look at politics as a heredity profession and provides an indicator of how all 3 are planning to exploit their mandate by enriching and empowering their own families/ caste groups.
A portent of what was to come was served when tej pratap, one of lallu's sons (a 9th grade passout), made not one but two mistakes while being sworn in. He finally got it right in the third try. One of the mistakes tej pratap made was to say 'upekshit (neglected)' instead of 'apekshit (expected)', perhaps understandable given the brand of caste politics Lallu plays in Bihar.
If this is any indicator of things to come, the people of Bihar are looking at another spell of jungle raj and can say good bye to all hopes of economic and social development and good governance (the brunt of which will unfortunately be borne by other states which will see unabated migration from Bihar).
The people of bihar have called this calamity upon themselves and regardless of how much the nation will progress under Narendra Modi ji, Bihar doesn't seem destined to see 'acche din' for quite some time.
Link to the article on lallu's son making mistakes during the swearing in ceremony:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-watch-when-lalu-prasad-yadav-s-son-messed-up-his-oath-2147258
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