From 1990 to 2005 Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav and his party gave to Bihar the worst possible government. His government was popularly referred to as the ‘Jungle Raj’. It was governance at its worst. Ministers and civil servants barely attended the Sachivalaya. Vulgarity was a political style. Corruption was rampant. A new ideology was born which emphasised that growth and development do not get votes. It is only caste and community polarisation which are an instrument of getting and retaining political power. When Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav was arrested for the fodder case there was no second in- command in the party. His wife became the Chief Minister. A caste polarised state accepted her as the Chief Minister. She even won an election.