aftermath of rahuls bihar visit

Aftermath of Rahul’s Bihar visit
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Sanjay mishra
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Rumblings post Rahul’s Bihar visit is yet to die down. Use of educational campuses for political purpose by him stirred the student and youth wings of various non congress political parties. Protest meetings have been organized in many cities. Whatever may be the intention of protestors, there is no denying the fact that rahuls meetings had deep rooted political elements in it. And in the midst of it all, Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Kishangunj has signaled a new brand of politics to shape up in Bihar in near future. It has sent chilling waves down the spines of parties prophesying secular politics. Road map of congress revival in the state is now a bit visible.
Congress in Bihar has been in desolate condition for long. Compulsion of propagating Laloo’s designs instead of pushing through own agenda resulted in despondency creeping in party workers. A whole generation of congress leaders miserably saw enthusiasm drying up among party workers.
Revitalizing party is no mean task. On the one hand organization has to be strengthened at grass-root level; on the other hand deceived traditional voters have to be roped in.
Congress once had galaxy of top leaders in Bihar. Today there is dearth of such leaders capable of reviving the party as well as matching the might of Laloo, Nitish, and Pashwan. Right now party is banking on leaders like Shakeel Ahmad to steer through the party as a viable alternative in the political space in the state. They are reminding people of the end of Mandal and Kamandal era of politics. But the way voters felt cheated almost a decade ago when Congress supported Rabari’s government, is still haunting people.
At Kishangunj, Rahul tried to win the heart of of muslim youths, promising local musalman leaders to have say in deciding the fate of the region. The hint was clear. That is the days of hegemony of Taslimuddin over politics in this region of Bihar ought to be bypassed by them. Intense activities of congress leaders Rafiq Alam, and Md Javed, both ex ministers, smacked of efforts to realize this crucial task. It is to be noted that the musalmanas decide the fate of six Lok-sabha and 26 Vidhan-sabhaa seats in between Kosi and Mahananda. Political pundits see this design as foray into the vote-bank of RJD.

During other meetings at Patna and Darbhanga, Rahul Gandhi targeted on young minds. He had twin objective in mind. Congress needs energetic workers and also, youths do not attach prime importance to the blunder of Congress eschewed at a decade ago. In order to appease traditional voters in Mithila, Shakeel Ahmad even favored the creation of a separate state of Mithila.
In the absence of sentiment or wave, it is not easy to win trust of people at one stroke. Knowing it well, Congress leaders have eyed on a logical target of at least coming in to a bargaining position in case a fractured mandate in the forthcoming assembly elections. The twitter of Congress leaders on growth plank of Nitish, is increasing uneasiness in the rank and file of Laloo – Pashwan combine.

growth saga.....miles to go

growth saga.....miles to go
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sanjay mishra
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If you are struggling for a penny, and starts earning rs 100, your rate of growth looks impressive. You thank god for this. If your earning is already rs 1000, and you add on rs 100 to it, the rate of growth is marginal. In both the cases rs 100 is common but the rate is different. This is what is happening in bihar. Nitish govt is bla-bla over the magic figure of 11.03 %. Bihar is changing, they say. Image of state outside has seen climatic change, they add.
Well said. But what is the feeling of the people of Bihar? Is the change perceptible ? Just make a voyage to a remote and backward village -Rasiary-. The villagers here are overwhelmed to see a road-bridge being constructed over river Kamala-Balan. They are busy counting the number of pillars of the bridge errected so far. It is their favourite pass-time. The memory of social acrimony faced by them during laloo era, is fast waning. But has the exodus of villagers to outside for earning stopped? No, certainly not. Are not their share of NAREGA money gobbled up by the nexus of village level political -dalals- and local officials ? Of course it is order of the day...they confide. In july, they will again have to bear the might of flood-furry. Rasiary is not alone. Almost similar is the story of countless villages in the state.
Cane growers have lost any hope of reopening of sugar mills. Jute producers have the same agony. They are forced to sell their produce in West Bengal. Fruit growers are no less disappointed. Industrialisation....dont talk of it? Of course four lane roads are meandaring through the state. But then you will have to give credit to Hukumdev Yadav, ex surface transport minister. Is not it the high time to dabble in the statistics related to health, education and other human development index?
Development activities have got momentum....but they exibit regional imbalance. Some regions are benefited while other areas have been left out. Can a citizen of Darbhanga city think of 24 hours of power supply ? No....not even in dreams . Mr CM ....will they ever dare to see such a dream ?