Suddenly before the assembly elections, new issues and equations emerged in the state, the situation gets entangled due to increasing violence and making new voter list, what is the possibility and what are the apprehensions
This can be just a coincidence. Three-four months before the assembly elections in Bihar, the Election Commission suddenly started the exercise to complete the special voter identity in the last week of June, while there was also a show of serious crimes. It is such that the chaos in the language of the Election Commission arose from the special intensive revival (SIR or Sir), more out of the murder of criminals, robbery, ransom, recovery, rape incidents. The doors of this sequence opened in almost all 38 districts of the state. In the capital Patna, the VVIP area, which is said to be extremely safe or also remained untouched by not many incidents. There have been about 80 incidents of murder in July itself. This also raised the opposition, the opposition, the ruling NDA ally, the Surveyor of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas Paswan) and Chirag Paswan at the Center, “It is very regrettable.” It is ashamed to be with such a government. ”Prem Kumar Mani, who was a close associate of both Lalu Prasad and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, says,“ Everyday firing incidents have become common again. It is exactly like Lalu’s era. It is the return of Jungle Raj. ” Bihar is probably in the era of the most complicated assembly elections in 2025 with the rise of new political equations with the same embarrassing situation, fear of cutting the names of voters and somehow the government papers, which are scheduled to be held in October-November.
Grand Alliance performance in the assembly premises in Patna
However, the opinion of the ruling people is absolutely different. Nitish is silent. But on July 17, after the incident of shooting a convicted patient waving a convicted patient in a very popular and expensive Paras Hospital in Patna, one of the top leaders of Janata Dal-United or JDU, Cedar Minister Rajiv Ranjan alias Lallan Singh gave the media bite, “I have a crime, I got two killed, the ADC (police head) Krishnan said, “If people are empty of farming in the months of May-June and rain, then crime always increases. This time the election is near, then there is more chaos. “However, BJP leader, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha says so much that” the situation is worrisome. “But he also says,” It is not like Jungle Raj. The crime was organized and government sponsored during the RJD era. Now it is not so. Now the police is immediately active. ”
Not only the motorcycles of criminals run, pistol -waving photos are not only causing panic, but also the incidents of raping, killing against women and burning alive in some cases also seem to gain momentum (see for detailed and date -wise events, with the reports chaotic circumstances). Prashant Kishore of Jan Suraj Party, who is engaged in creating a third angle after the grand alliance or India block led by NDA and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav in the impending elections, says, “What else is this jungle raj.” The government’s Iqbal is looted. “He also says that at the behest of the NDA, the entire government machinery has been poured into preparing the new voter list.
Voter identity or ‘sir’ breath
He may have a matter of power that after the notification of the Election Commission of June 24, the entire government machinery will be engaged day and night in the month of August to fill the names of voters from June 25 and perhaps in the month of August, as there may be heavy pressure to check the voters’ papers and reduce new claims and names. There are many reports that some government officials themselves filled the form or calculation form and the BLOs are also signing the voters themselves. At present, according to the Election Commission, about 65 lakh voters were not found from the final voter list released after three-four months review in February this year. Around 19 lakhs have died in them, some other places have gone. This is the screw, which is apprehensive that opposition parties are apprehensive.
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However, the Election Commission has not mentioned in the April 21 affidavit presented in the Supreme Court that it got a foreign or suspected voter, which was mentioned in the notification as a major reason for such special revision for the first time after independence. In between, the Election Commission had said that many Nepali, Bangladeshi, Myanmari (Rohingya) people are feared in the voter list. It was also reported from the sources that there were about 35 lakh foreigners in the list. The Supreme Court said in the hearing on July 28 that the Commission should focus on adding voters not to exclude voters. A bench of Justice Suryakant and Jayamalya Bagchi also said that the fake of Aadhaar card, ration card or voter ID is not a plea, because there is a possibility of any papers being fake, so it should be decided on the basis of every case. With this argument, the court asked the Commission to accept Aadhaar, Voter ID, etc. and also instructed that the entire process can also be canceled if the mess is found.
The case of fake is also interesting. A tweet related to the housing certificate which the Commission has placed in its sanctioned list came from the Congress, in which the name of ‘Dog Ji’ in Ara district has become a housing letter with the right seal. Well, on July 29, the court told ADR counsel Prashant Bhushan to show the mistakes, that is, we brought 15 such names who were said to be dead and if we get it alive, we will order. The next hearing is to be held on August 12-13.
Meanwhile, during the debate on ‘Sir’ in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, there was a sharp clash with the ruling party with the Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav. The opposition demonstrated against the Election Commission’s exercise outside the assembly. There was an uproar in Parliament for several days to protest and debate against the special exercise of the Commission and on July 28, all the MPs of the India Block in the Parliament complex tore the ‘sir’ written on paper and handed over the dustbin. In the assembly, Tejashwi said that we are not against the revision of the voter list, as it is being done and the hesitant in which it is being done suspects the intentions. Nitish interrupted him, but he kept speaking on the previous things on ‘Sir’, how he developed in the state, empowered women.
Fear of opposition
Tejashwi, not in the assembly, but outside in front of the journalists said that “If the BJP has arranged for its victory through the Election Commission’s exercise, then what is the meaning of contesting such elections. In such a situation, we can also consider the boycott of the election.” BJP leader, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary told it to accept the defeat before the opposition. However, although there are about 24 million out of 7.9 lakh voters in August. On an average, three-four thousand votes can be reduced in the assembly constituencies. It is not necessary that the voters of one party will be cut, but the opposition is apprehensive that it has been made at the behest of the BJP.
Third angle
This time the third angle election strategist Prashant Kishore is trying to present through his Jan Suraj Party. Last year, his party got so many votes in the by -elections of four assembly constituencies, affecting the election results. Perhaps they try to form a third front by joining some more small parties together. If the mathematics of AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi does not sit with the Grand Alliance, there are speculations with Prashant. Paras Paswan’s eyes are also reported on LJP. It is also speculated that Upendra Kushwaha of RLSP has also expressed displeasure over the review of NDA and especially the voter list. Prashant can also add them if they break.
“Public bullets are running. What else is this forest Raj. The government’s Iqbal is looted.”- Prashant Kishore, Jan Suraj Party
Prashant Kishore has traveled the entire state on foot with the 2023 Gandhi Jayanti and is trying to woo Dalit, extremely backward castes and minority youth with forward castes. This year, in the examination paper leak case, he also sat on the dharna of the youth and on one occasion police sticks and detained for a few hours. His target is both Nitish and Tejashwi, but the opposition looks more cautious. Prashant Kishore has once said that if his party also wins ten seats, then it can be a role in forming the government. Chirag Paswan is yet to see the possibility of contesting separate elections, but if they decide to fight all 243 seats, they can make the election more complicated. He is expected to get most of the votes among the large population Paswan among Dalits.
“Such a orgy of criminals in Bihar is very regrettable. It is ashamed to be with such a government. ”- Chirag Paswan, Lok Janshakti Party (Rapa)
New emerging issues
Apart from the issues of crime and voter list, issues of inflation, unemployment and migration are seen emerging. These issues may have been covered in new hallas but can be effective. In this, the cases of examination papers leak also remain the reason for the anger of the youth. Meanwhile, the Grand Alliance promised to give jobs, check paper leaks and punish the culprits, increase pension to Rs 1,500 and give 200 units of electricity free, then the government also made a similar announcement. Pension was from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100, electricity was made free from 125 units, for the problem of youth, the formation of the Youth Commission, etc. was announced.
But the big questions stand as it is. Bihar stands at the bottom of the country on the human development scale. The biggest factors of development are pushing for poverty, migration in terms of education, health and nutrition. In this, the government’s budgetary priorities have been there for years (see, what is the reality).
However, at present, the notion of all these issues and anarchy has deepened by the Election Commission’s exercise. Whatever the atmosphere is very complicated and full of apprehensions. See what the view emerges further.
