Bihar assembly resolutions against National Register of Citizens and for caste-based census are a testimony to Nitish Kumar’s political shrewdness. He has sought to defang his political adversaries who were raising these issues to whet their identity-driven politics in the poll-bound state. Bihar is missing the old ‘vikas purush’ though.
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Nitishbabu needs every ounce of thrust to get airborne for a fourth term. Although that is unlikely to deliver much to the good people of Bihar.