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What Will the West Bengal Election Result Mean for Bihar s Political Parties?
The BJP s defeat has put it on the back foot, while the opposition will feel reinvigorated not just by Mamata Banerjee s victory but also due to Lalu Prasad Yadav s release from jail.
Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav and Lalu Prasad. Photos: PTI Illustration: The Wire
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Patna: The Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congressâs emphatic victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal has created excitement among the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)’s cadre in Bihar though their celebrations remain âsubduedâ because of the devastating second wave of COVD-19.
Ajit Singh, a technocrat-politician, leaves behind a chequered legacy
By M Somasekhar| Updated: 6th May 2021 10:16 pm IST Former Union Minister and RLD Chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh
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It was during the 1998 elections to the Lok Sabha that I had a chance to visit Baghpat, just around a two hour drive out of the bustling national capital Delhi.
Located in Western Uttar Pradesh, Baghpat was the citadel of Chaudhury Charan Singh, briefly the Prime Minister, but a tall leader of the farmers, specially the Jats, an influential farming community in North India.
The star attraction was to cover Ajit Singh, the Chief of Lok Dal then and later the Rastriya Lok Dal (RLD), his contribution to Baghpat and prospects of winning the election against a strong, local, BJP candidate, Sompal Shastri, who later became Union Agriculture Minister .