Elections in Bihar may still be three years away but the political wars are heating up there. Both Laloo Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan have been continuously campaigning against the Nitish Kumar government but the signs haven’t been good. We are not talking divine intervention here but in near- identical incidents, the stage for the public meetings of these two opposition leaders collapsed, leaving both slightly worse for the wear. Now, it isn’t the injuries that’s causing them concern but what the collapse could imply for their political future. Certainly the stages collapsing hasn’t gone down as a good sign among supporters. Some party sidekicks, though, are still offering flattering conclusions, like it’s natural for a stage to give way with political heavyweights like them on it (and more gathering around them and overloading it). How can this be a bad sign, they ask? If anything, it’s a sign that more and more support is pouring in for their parties. Indeed. |