The electoral victory of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is often a potentially regenerative moment for Indian democracy. The sacred ritual of an intensely contested election that enlists enormous civic energy is really a riposte to all people that doubt the depth of Indian democracy. The election may have had worrying moments of divisive over stated claims. But in the end, voters made a calm and calculated choice, unswayed by attempts to polarise it. This is not a democracy that can be easily fooled.
One can unpack the election at many levels: The mathematical advantage the Mahagathbandhan had; various micro stories in different regions of Bihar. But there 's no question that this election was a vote against hubris and arrogance, two besetting sins from a democracy. Amit Shah’s poisonous and contemptuous statement that a vote for Nitish Kumar would surely cause for celebration in Pakistan was the most powerful manifestation of a sense that the BJP was not only insinuating hate however additionally expressing contempt for the voter. The voter has spoken last turn. It one other an indication that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sense of entitlement that his persona is enough to claim the voter’s allegiance may be broken. Admittedly, this was a state political election. But it is indicative that even on development results upon the ground, the Modi government’s record isn't decisively compelling.
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