LESSONS FROM BIHAR POLL RESULT

His nickname is Munna, he is an engineering graduate and a teetotaler and today the 59-year-old Nitish Kumar is Bihar's man of the moment. But how he did the magic! Let's decipher..!

Bihar has shown the way, Development can fetch you votes as well.

It is high time leaders doing identity/ religion based (RJD, BJP) politics should re-think & re-invent their ideology.

Nitish Kumar successfully eroded the basis of the RJD’s electoral advantage by, first, winning over a section of the Muslims and, secondly, by retaining the support of the upper castes as well via the BJP. It was clever tactics where the BJP was made to act strictly in accordance with the script written by Nitish Kumar by excluding the minority-baiters and also keeping the upper castes on board.

3 cards, which worked for Nitish were Women empowerment, MBC & good law and order.
There is definitely dent in Lalu’s Muslim-Yadav equation. Nitish lured Muslim at least towards JD(U) candidate & softened their stand towards the whole NDA.

Nitish Kumar made it abundantly clear that he has nothing to do with its pro-Hindu agenda. Nitish Kumar ensured that Bihar remained riot-free throughout the last five years. And Bhagalpur riot convictions was a feather in his cap.

Lalu-Paswan failed to see writing on the wall. They failed to see Muslim voters have evolved since Ayodhya. They know what is good for them.

It was election based on Imaginary vs Real issues. On the one hand Nitish was ready with his implementation card at the same time RJD & INC were scaring minorities with Gujarat (Modi) ghost. Issues in Gujarat found no taker in Bihar.

Congress\ Rahul Gandhi's claim that Nitish misused funds sent for Bihar hurt the Bihari sensibilities. Nitish's rebuttal found takers as he said it's not Centre's\Congress's money.
Nitish evoked Bihari pride\ sub-nationalism in place of Lalu's parochial rant for Backward Caste & for M-Y.

No taker for Dynasty politics….Rabri, Sadhu, Subhash all out.

Barkhagate & after..!

What public tweeted for Barkha

RT @maheshmurthy: Bad enough 4 @bdutt to b incompetent, causing deaths in Kargil 99 & Taj 06 bit.ly/dbwz48 much worse to be integrity-less
@BDUTT ur Audio with Nira reveals everything... Well We all knew that was secret, now is in open.
Wiretap on lobbyists,journalists reveal backroom deals & networks of power reflecting how dis country is run. Its sad day@bdutt
@BDUTT hahahahahahaha bechari
@BDUTT I think u better stop expressing authoratative views on other matter till ur scam clears up.
@BDUTT Sorry, you shouldn't have got into the mess. You lost credibility, can't help it. Just sad
@BDUTT well thts the very thing most tweeps feared after hearing ur voice on the tapes.tht ur objectivity & independence hd been compromised
@BDUTT but what about your and vir's recorded conversations..r u going to have a program on that 2..???????
What is incomprehensible or unacceptable is the fact that the media who has comments on everything is super quiet on @BDUTT. #barkhagate
गोलमाल है भाई सब गोलमाल है !!!!! @bdutt @virsanghvi @ndtv #india #scam
I don't know whether @BDUTT is guilty or not.. But surely now she has had a taste of her own medicine. Sensationalism, that is.. #barkhagate
@BDUTT Mind boggling article @OPEN - Response from ur side2 shallow! Free Media now looks even more imp. You to for sure would loose face.
RT @ayubsami: @bdutt Barkha Dutt is talking about PM's integrity. What about her own? Hello NDTV! Some introspection time.. #barkhagate Bravo Open!
RT @bhaskarchat: The type of open lobbying @bdutt @virsanghvi did with corporate lobbyists are punishable in the US. Can anyone file cases in India?
RT @whistlepodu: @BDUTT @sinmani On Sunday 6 Pm there will be a Candle light march at India gate for the Sacking of Barkha from NDTV and Vir Sanghvi from HT
@BDUTT it appears u hv actively helped form UPA govt -- how wud I ever believe that u will be impartial while reporting against the govt
@BDUTT Is it ethical for a you to act as an interlocutor between two political parties just becoz u want to get more information?
RT @roadside__romeo: @jhunjhunwala @BDUTT barkha has fled to pakistan & appiled 4 asylum on arrival at karachi airport,amid fear of being stoned 2 death in
@BDUTT Did you convey DMK's message to Ghulam Azad/Ahmed Patel after ur convs with Ms Radia? Is it ethically OK 2 becom part of the story?
@NDTV: @BDUTT Today you must be hurting badly. - The X Tapes, obviously authentic, has ripped the fig leaf of... http://bit.ly/dw9u4E
@bdutt mam sm1 4m ajtak told me ur n vir's name way back in may..I asked 4 clrifiction 4m u n vir on twitter bt didnt get any reply..cont
@bdutt always looked after u 4 ur integrity..bt whn circumstances put a question mark on it..feel like I cheated myslf..
@BDUTT Brakha mam, cnt believe u support A Raja..dnt knw mamwht shud i say..read open today.I dnt mind u supportin sm decent prsn..bt Raja??
@BDUTT pls explain your role during that time. Why the hell u have to make azad talk to someone in DMK? From newsbreaker to newsmaker?
#Barkhagate Narayan Rao Group CEO/ED, NDTV "we reserve the right to take appropriate action" I hope he meant against @bdutt & not openmag
RT @sinmani: #Radia tapes are shameful.. cant belive the arrogance of @virsanghvi @bdutt!! i'll never ever read counterpoint or watch ndtv again!
RT @sinmani: @Javedakhtarjadu ur take on ur favr. anchor @bdutt #radia tapes scandal? Such self righteousness on screen but a congress broker otherwise!
The bigger they think they are, the harder they fall. How does one say schadenfreude in Hindi? @bdutt #barkhagate
@BDUTT y dint you make the X tapes as a breaking news ???
@BDUTT What goes around, comes around . Kargil War 1999. Taj 26/11/08 #india
@BDUTT Unless I have missed, NDTV has not done even ONE story of BReaking News on the 2G story - not even one !
@BDUTT please dont do this ma'am..it just makes it worse..ur defending the morally indefensible..
@BDUTT u get paid by congress who which wanted to get rid of raja this time.that is the reason.just tell us is the voice urs?
@BDUTT my sis wanted to be like u. She had ur pic as DP but everything has changed now. Accept it nd retire.
@BDUTT apni to aise vaise kat jayegi tera kya hoga munni jo badnaam ho gayi lol!!!
@BDUTT BTW, there is a thesis that the Open Story today was orchestrated by the Govt to deflect attention from PM. Any thoughts?
Last time @bdutt & @ndtv sued blogger, had post deleted bit.ly/dbwz48 What will they do now: sue earth & delete the web?
Why has @bdutt suddenly woken up at 3 AM to tweet of her attack on Raja? We are not debating Raja here. Insomnia coupled amnesia perhaps.
@BDUTT what about moral responsibility?
@BDUTT do you guys go after narendra modi and RSS because they refuse to pay you money like your pals nira radia and A.raja do?
@BDUTT Journalism is retrieving & broadcasting, not seeking & exchanging or simply peddling info. Ur take on this is same as that of Raja.
What public tweeted for Barkha
RT @maheshmurthy: Bad enough 4 @bdutt to b incompetent, causing deaths in Kargil 99 & Taj 06 bit.ly/dbwz48 much worse to be integrity-less
@BDUTT ur Audio with Nira reveals everything... Well We all knew that was secret, now is in open.
Wiretap on lobbyists,journalists reveal backroom deals & networks of power reflecting how dis country is run. Its sad day@bdutt
@BDUTT hahahahahahaha bechari
@BDUTT I think u better stop expressing authoratative views on other matter till ur scam clears up.
@BDUTT Sorry, you shouldn't have got into the mess. You lost credibility, can't help it. Just sad
@BDUTT well thts the very thing most tweeps feared after hearing ur voice on the tapes.tht ur objectivity & independence hd been compromised
@BDUTT but what about your and vir's recorded conversations..r u going to have a program on that 2..???????
What is incomprehensible or unacceptable is the fact that the media who has comments on everything is super quiet on @BDUTT. #barkhagate
गोलमाल है भाई सब गोलमाल है !!!!! @bdutt @virsanghvi @ndtv #india #scam
I don't know whether @BDUTT is guilty or not.. But surely now she has had a taste of her own medicine. Sensationalism, that is.. #barkhagate
@BDUTT Mind boggling article @OPEN - Response from ur side2 shallow! Free Media now looks even more imp. You to for sure would loose face.
RT @ayubsami: @bdutt Barkha Dutt is talking about PM's integrity. What about her own? Hello NDTV! Some introspection time.. #barkhagate Bravo Open!
RT @bhaskarchat: The type of open lobbying @bdutt @virsanghvi did with corporate lobbyists are punishable in the US. Can anyone file cases in India?
RT @whistlepodu: @BDUTT @sinmani On Sunday 6 Pm there will be a Candle light march at India gate for the Sacking of Barkha from NDTV and Vir Sanghvi from HT
@BDUTT it appears u hv actively helped form UPA govt -- how wud I ever believe that u will be impartial while reporting against the govt
@BDUTT Is it ethical for a you to act as an interlocutor between two political parties just becoz u want to get more information?
RT @roadside__romeo: @jhunjhunwala @BDUTT barkha has fled to pakistan & appiled 4 asylum on arrival at karachi airport,amid fear of being stoned 2 death in
@BDUTT Did you convey DMK's message to Ghulam Azad/Ahmed Patel after ur convs with Ms Radia? Is it ethically OK 2 becom part of the story?
@NDTV: @BDUTT Today you must be hurting badly. - The X Tapes, obviously authentic, has ripped the fig leaf of... http://bit.ly/dw9u4E
@bdutt mam sm1 4m ajtak told me ur n vir's name way back in may..I asked 4 clrifiction 4m u n vir on twitter bt didnt get any reply..cont
@bdutt always looked after u 4 ur integrity..bt whn circumstances put a question mark on it..feel like I cheated myslf..
@BDUTT Brakha mam, cnt believe u support A Raja..dnt knw mamwht shud i say..read open today.I dnt mind u supportin sm decent prsn..bt Raja??
@BDUTT pls explain your role during that time. Why the hell u have to make azad talk to someone in DMK? From newsbreaker to newsmaker?
#Barkhagate Narayan Rao Group CEO/ED, NDTV "we reserve the right to take appropriate action" I hope he meant against @bdutt & not openmag
RT @sinmani: #Radia tapes are shameful.. cant belive the arrogance of @virsanghvi @bdutt!! i'll never ever read counterpoint or watch ndtv again!
RT @sinmani: @Javedakhtarjadu ur take on ur favr. anchor @bdutt #radia tapes scandal? Such self righteousness on screen but a congress broker otherwise!
The bigger they think they are, the harder they fall. How does one say schadenfreude in Hindi? @bdutt #barkhagate
@BDUTT y dint you make the X tapes as a breaking news ???
@BDUTT What goes around, comes around . Kargil War 1999. Taj 26/11/08 #india
@BDUTT Unless I have missed, NDTV has not done even ONE story of BReaking News on the 2G story - not even one !
@BDUTT please dont do this ma'am..it just makes it worse..ur defending the morally indefensible..
@BDUTT u get paid by congress who which wanted to get rid of raja this time.that is the reason.just tell us is the voice urs?
@BDUTT my sis wanted to be like u. She had ur pic as DP but everything has changed now. Accept it nd retire.
@BDUTT apni to aise vaise kat jayegi tera kya hoga munni jo badnaam ho gayi lol!!!
@BDUTT BTW, there is a thesis that the Open Story today was orchestrated by the Govt to deflect attention from PM. Any thoughts?
Last time @bdutt & @ndtv sued blogger, had post deleted bit.ly/dbwz48 What will they do now: sue earth & delete the web?
Why has @bdutt suddenly woken up at 3 AM to tweet of her attack on Raja? We are not debating Raja here. Insomnia coupled amnesia perhaps.
@BDUTT what about moral responsibility?
@BDUTT do you guys go after narendra modi and RSS because they refuse to pay you money like your pals nira radia and A.raja do?
@BDUTT Journalism is retrieving & broadcasting, not seeking & exchanging or simply peddling info. Ur take on this is same as that of Raja.
What public tweeted for Barkha
RT @maheshmurthy: Bad enough 4 @bdutt to b incompetent, causing deaths in Kargil 99 & Taj 06 bit.ly/dbwz48 much worse to be integrity-less
@BDUTT ur Audio with Nira reveals everything... Well We all knew that was secret, now is in open.
Wiretap on lobbyists,journalists reveal backroom deals & networks of power reflecting how dis country is run. Its sad day@bdutt
@BDUTT hahahahahahaha bechari
@BDUTT I think u better stop expressing authoratative views on other matter till ur scam clears up.
@BDUTT Sorry, you shouldn't have got into the mess. You lost credibility, can't help it. Just sad
@BDUTT well thts the very thing most tweeps feared after hearing ur voice on the tapes.tht ur objectivity & independence hd been compromised
@BDUTT but what about your and vir's recorded conversations..r u going to have a program on that 2..???????
What is incomprehensible or unacceptable is the fact that the media who has comments on everything is super quiet on @BDUTT. #barkhagate
गोलमाल है भाई सब गोलमाल है !!!!! @bdutt @virsanghvi @ndtv #india #scam
I don't know whether @BDUTT is guilty or not.. But surely now she has had a taste of her own medicine. Sensationalism, that is.. #barkhagate
@BDUTT Mind boggling article @OPEN - Response from ur side2 shallow! Free Media now looks even more imp. You to for sure would loose face.
RT @ayubsami: @bdutt Barkha Dutt is talking about PM's integrity. What about her own? Hello NDTV! Some introspection time.. #barkhagate Bravo Open!
RT @bhaskarchat: The type of open lobbying @bdutt @virsanghvi did with corporate lobbyists are punishable in the US. Can anyone file cases in India?
RT @whistlepodu: @BDUTT @sinmani On Sunday 6 Pm there will be a Candle light march at India gate for the Sacking of Barkha from NDTV and Vir Sanghvi from HT
@BDUTT it appears u hv actively helped form UPA govt -- how wud I ever believe that u will be impartial while reporting against the govt
@BDUTT Is it ethical for a you to act as an interlocutor between two political parties just becoz u want to get more information?
RT @roadside__romeo: @jhunjhunwala @BDUTT barkha has fled to pakistan & appiled 4 asylum on arrival at karachi airport,amid fear of being stoned 2 death in
@BDUTT Did you convey DMK's message to Ghulam Azad/Ahmed Patel after ur convs with Ms Radia? Is it ethically OK 2 becom part of the story?
@NDTV: @BDUTT Today you must be hurting badly. - The X Tapes, obviously authentic, has ripped the fig leaf of... http://bit.ly/dw9u4E
@bdutt mam sm1 4m ajtak told me ur n vir's name way back in may..I asked 4 clrifiction 4m u n vir on twitter bt didnt get any reply..cont
@bdutt always looked after u 4 ur integrity..bt whn circumstances put a question mark on it..feel like I cheated myslf..
@BDUTT Brakha mam, cnt believe u support A Raja..dnt knw mamwht shud i say..read open today.I dnt mind u supportin sm decent prsn..bt Raja??
@BDUTT pls explain your role during that time. Why the hell u have to make azad talk to someone in DMK? From newsbreaker to newsmaker?
#Barkhagate Narayan Rao Group CEO/ED, NDTV "we reserve the right to take appropriate action" I hope he meant against @bdutt & not openmag
RT @sinmani: #Radia tapes are shameful.. cant belive the arrogance of @virsanghvi @bdutt!! i'll never ever read counterpoint or watch ndtv again!
RT @sinmani: @Javedakhtarjadu ur take on ur favr. anchor @bdutt #radia tapes scandal? Such self righteousness on screen but a congress broker otherwise!
The bigger they think they are, the harder they fall. How does one say schadenfreude in Hindi? @bdutt #barkhagate
@BDUTT y dint you make the X tapes as a breaking news ???
@BDUTT What goes around, comes around . Kargil War 1999. Taj 26/11/08 #india
@BDUTT Unless I have missed, NDTV has not done even ONE story of BReaking News on the 2G story - not even one !
@BDUTT please dont do this ma'am..it just makes it worse..ur defending the morally indefensible..
@BDUTT u get paid by congress who which wanted to get rid of raja this time.that is the reason.just tell us is the voice urs?
@BDUTT my sis wanted to be like u. She had ur pic as DP but everything has changed now. Accept it nd retire.
@BDUTT apni to aise vaise kat jayegi tera kya hoga munni jo badnaam ho gayi lol!!!
@BDUTT BTW, there is a thesis that the Open Story today was orchestrated by the Govt to deflect attention from PM. Any thoughts?
Last time @bdutt & @ndtv sued blogger, had post deleted bit.ly/dbwz48 What will they do now: sue earth & delete the web?
Why has @bdutt suddenly woken up at 3 AM to tweet of her attack on Raja? We are not debating Raja here. Insomnia coupled amnesia perhaps.
@BDUTT what about moral responsibility?
@BDUTT do you guys go after narendra modi and RSS because they refuse to pay you money like your pals nira radia and A.raja do?
@BDUTT Journalism is retrieving & broadcasting, not seeking & exchanging or simply peddling info. Ur take on this is same as that of Raja.
@BDUTT talking to all hues of politicians okay...but those tape almost sound like you are acting as conduit between congress & DMK via Nira
@BDUTT Every explanation you give on Twitter will be torn apart tomorrow, when day breaks, and you would be made to look more culpable.
@BDUTT If Ashok Chavn should resign on accusations and prove innocence, as does Raja and as should Yeddy, then why not should Barkha Dutt?
no @bdutt defamtion is not won so easily. u need to works the black rugs. and believe me you will fail
BDUTT hahaha staying with politicians u've learned their language very well..now using it for ur own defence!!LMAO