Salhoutuonuo Kruse, a 'daughter of the village', is among only 4 women candidates in the fray. But in Khonoma, loyalty trumps lack of faith in women’s political decision-making.
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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