Ruling, Oppn parties struggle to get their act together in Bihar

The father-son leadership of Ram Vilas Paswan and Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party has thrown a spanner in the works by demanding more seats

Strange bedfellows

Will Bihar see a political realignment in the run-up to the polls? Even the most perspicacious of “weather scientists” would desist from hazarding a guess. But here’s how things have unfolded. With the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, and other smaller parties struggling to get their act together, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led ruling coalition was expected to trot to a comfortable win in the coming Assembly elections. But the father-son leadership of Ram Vilas Paswan and Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has thrown a spanner in the works by demanding more seats. Kumar’s Janata