Nitish Kumar's village reveals the limits of his social coalition

In Kalyan Bigha, Kurmis and Yadavs were sympathetic to the chief minister’s frequent defections, while EBCs and SCs were willing to be loyal to the JD(U) as long as the dominant castes loosened social restrictions.

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