The two months long election-gala came to an end today with
JDU+ as the majority party in Bihar. The complete action-packed campaigns and
rallies along with allegations and accusations on one another were surfacing
all over media during the past two-three months, which derived its roots from
the 10 years tenure of Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister with little breaks
and 15 years of Jangal-raaz of Lalu
Prasad Yadav.
This state election will be remembered not only because the
Prime Minister of India was totally involved in rallies and accusations instead
of the party head and that the 2015 Bihar polls was largely considered as a
personality clash of two political stalwarts – Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and
Prime Minster Narendra Modi but, because of so many other reasons. First, Bihar
became the first state where the option of NOTA was available in the EVM for
voters. Second, it was the first time in the state’s electoral history that
drones were used by security forces for air surveillance and EC had made arrangements
to webcast the polls. Third, it was the first time that an app was available
for the voters in order to locate their booth on their phones. And fourth, NRIs
had a chance to vote for their favourite from their foreign soils. It’s a great
achievement for the Election Commission to organise the election with less or
no disturbance or casualties and, achieving a greater height to acknowledge for
years to come thereby, setting a benchmark for other states.
Now, coming to what it (victory or defeat) really means for
the different parties then, one thing is sure that there will be development in
between the political clash of each party in order to outnumber each other.
For Mr. Lalu Yadav, it’s a golden chance to clean some dirt
off his party’s face and to rise again (this time for good) so as to win a
place in the heart of Bihari jantaa. He
needs to keep a check on his or his party’s illegal work or, the source of
power of his lantern will get depleted completely. As far as Nitish Kumar is
considered, it’s a great victory for him and Bihar and, it’s a victory of the
trust that Bihari jantaa have on him.
It again doesn’t mean that whatever he has done in the past was completely good
or, he has a dirt-free image. Instead, it’ll be a fiery ordeal for him to cater
to the needs of his subjects. And last but not the least, for Narendra Modi, it
might be a big setback but, it’s the time for introspection and to focus on
development despite the defeat in Bihar. It is his responsibility to take India
to a greater height in every field and to deal with various obstructions in his
path effectively and efficiently.
