Patna’s paltu politics: 4 ways game changes

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* BJP has clear lead in LS poll prospects * Nitish gives up PM dream, JDU not really better off * RJD takes big hit, minus JDU its social justice slogan loses some cache * INDIA bloc suffers body blow..

Why has the master political floater manoeuvred back into..

And how might this change political equations for the states three principal players?. has held on since 2005 |..

In his first decade his indispensability rested on a secure plank development man straddling the Hindutva and social justice divide..

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