Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Nitish's eye on Lalu Yadav's Muslim-Yadav Vote-Bank

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Nitish's eye on Lalu Yadav's Muslim-Yadav vote bank, preparing to give RJD a blow

Bihar Vidhansabha Chunav 2020: RJD chief Lalu Prasad is serving a sentence in the fodder scam case. Burglary preparations have begun in RJD's vote-bank in the absence of RJD chief. The Muslim and Yadav i.e. MY community is generally considered to be the vote bank of the RJD. In such a situation, JDU is trying to make a dent in the RJD's vote-bank.

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·       Political parties start strategic preparations for Bihar elections

·       JDU plans to break into RJD's M-Y equation

·       7 Muslim and Yadav leaders quit RJD and join JDU in 3 months

·       Lalu Yadav's Samadhi Chandrika Rai also joins JDU

 

Patna, Bihar;

All the major political parties have started electoral multiplication for the Bihar assembly elections. Talk about the main opposition party RJD, Muslim-Yadav factor has been playing an important role in the party's victory for the last 30 years. There are 17 percent Muslim and 14 percent Yadav voters in the state, who contribute significantly in the elections. If the Lalu Yadav's party took power in Bihar till 2015, the main reason was the Muslim-Yadav factor being associated with the party prominently. In later days also, this factor was strongly associated with RJD. However, JDU is now eyeing this vote bank of RJD. Nitish Kumar's party has prepared a strategic plan regarding this.

Nitish's party gives a big blow to RJD

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is serving sentence in the fodder scam case. Burglary preparations have begun in RJD's vote-bank in the absence of RJD chief. The Muslim and Yadav i.e. MY community is generally considered to be the vote bank of the RJD. In such a situation, JDU is trying to make a dent in the RJD's vote-bank. In the last three months, seven Muslim and Yadav leaders have split from the RJD and joined the JDU. Many of these leaders are also current MLAs of RJD and they are considered to have a good hold in their own areas.

Lalu Yadav's Samadhi Chandrika Rai in JDU

Recently, the three MLAs who left the RJD and joined the JDU include Chandrika Rai, Samadhi of Lalu Prasad Yadav. Apart from these, Faraj Fatmi and RJD MLA Jayawardhan Yadav from Paliganj joined the JDU. Janardhana Yadav, who was RJD MLA is the grandson of the late Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav, who was among the veteran leaders of the state. This family has a good hold over its community in many areas of Central Bihar. Faraj Fatmi is the son of former RJD leader Ali Ashraf Fatmi. The departure of these three leaders to the JDU is considered a major setback for the RJD.

 

Burglary in RJD's Muslim-Yadav Equation

Earlier, RJD leader Vijender Yadav broke away from the party and took entry in JDU. Vijendra has been a former MLA from Sandesh. JDU plans to field Vijender Yadav as an RJD candidate. If this happens, RJD's difficulties may increase slightly. Talking to ET, JDU spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan said that the results of 2019 Lok Sabha elections clearly show that the Muslim-Yadav equation is breaking with the RJD. The party could not perform well even in areas where this factor is important. He also said that not only Muslim-Yadav but all community leaders are joining JDU.

Will RJD harm Lalu's absence?

On the other hand, Chandrika Rai, who broke away from RJD to JDU, said that Nitish Kumar's social engineering is stronger than RJD. At present, in the absence of Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son Tejashwi Yadav may have been planning an important strategy and taking command of RJD in his hands, but the question arises whether he is failing to keep the party united. Because within a week, six of his MLAs have left the party and joined the JDU. On the other hand, the Mahagathbandhan constituents are also not ready to accept Tejashwi's leadership.