Patna: In the continuing drive against trans-border smuggling of liquor into ‘dry’ Bihar, police seized huge consignments of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and arrested six liquor peddlers
Using the discourse of secularism to garner votes on the basis of caste, and use it to consolidate a venal system of power is the most distasteful aspect of this triumph of secularism
Rajat Datta Delhi
The state is not as communally polarised as neighbouring UP and Bihari sub-nationalism had a stronger pull than religious issues in the polls
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
The Bihar elections have helped to revive the Congress party, but only as a minor partner
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
What did the pollsters expect by creating a phantasmagoria of a BJP win?
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Tricked by the Congress and accused of betrayal by the BJP, Nitish Kumar is struggling to find new political idioms and new allies
Farzand Ahmed Patna