Grey-zone attacks, like the one on India-bound merchant vessel MV Chem Pluto, are difficult for democratic nations to respond to. There is always the risk of escalation.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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