Why Congress is the ONLY TRUE WINNER of Bihar elections?

The Bihar election results have brought the Modi rath to a standstill. The Delhi elections had already dented the aura around the Modi – Amit Shah Combination. Now, the Bihar elections have punctured their vehicle badly. They urgently need to replace a Tyre or two, if they have to run at the same speed again.

The debate and analysis about the colossal failure and the charismatic victory shall go for a long time to come. This was one election, where every forecast and predication was proved wrong, including those made by the responsible media houses. Nitish Kumar has now created a divine halo around himself as an invincible CM of Bihar and he shall undoubtedly be the front runner as the PM candidate of the opposition parties in 2019 general elections.

The most stunning element of this election had been the phoenix like rising of Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was almost written off by all and sundry. His campaign style shall be under close scrutiny to find out the winning mantra, which he had adopted to script such a spectacular victory against all odds. He has actually given a fresh lease of life to all his family members, who were fast fading into oblivion. He has rekindled strong hopes in their mind about occupying positions of power in Bihar politics. His stupendous victory, nevertheless, makes one wonder about the audacity of the Bihar voters who did not mind voting for the party of a person, who lost his membership of Parliament due to proven corruption charges, and who is disqualified for contesting any elections by none other than the Supreme Court of India.

In this scenario, the one party, which washed its hands in the strong currents of flowing Ganga River, is the Congress. It has improved its tally from 4 to 27, which is an incredible 575 percent jump. This victory is very sweet for Congress, as it has been a long time since it has tested some success. The party cadre of Congress is suddenly rejuvenated and energized. That inspired the party leadership too. The party leadership was the first one to make a public appearance as if it was the single largest party in the elections.

Going forward, it is a difficult road ahead for all the stakeholders except the Congress. Here is the analysis:

JD(U) will soon realize that it is extremely difficult to provide good governance having Lalu’s inexperienced sons at the helm of affairs and many important portfolios grabbed by Lalu’s ‘seasoned’ leaders. It would be anything but easy to fulfil the promise of development and social justice. However, he would have to eat the humble pie and accept his fate. He would have not imagined in his wildest dreams about such a superlative performance from Lalu, pushing even himself to a second position. It will be a most sympathetic exhibition of a tightrope walk by Nitish for the next five years, or till this government lasts, whichever comes first. Nitish’s MLAs are going to develop strong animosity towards  the RJD MLAs in no time, though it may take some time before it comes out in open.

RJD is having a field day. It is almost as if they have found a Kalpavriksha.  Ask anything and you will get it. This new found boon is going to make all of them going berserk and celebrate every day with a new vigor till they actually break every rule of the law. Already Lalu is saying that he shall travel around the country building an opinion against the ruling party. So, what Kejriwal could not do, Lalu is attempting to do. What an irony. The best thing in favor of Lalu is that he does not have any responsibility of governance. That is entrusted with hapless Nitish. So, they indulge in all fun and frolic with a very comfortable feeling that Nitish is the scapegoat for everything that would go wrong in the next five years in Bihar.

The allies of BJP in the NDA are the worst sufferers of this election and they deserve their fate. They conveniently assumed that once they ally with Modi, they do not need to make any efforts to win the election. How sadly mistaken they were. They lost their value in the present central government as well because of such disastrous performance.  They would need to make sustained efforts to regain the lost ground.

In this charged atmosphere, Owaisi appeared like a comedian who appears on stage for a while, gets slapped by the hero and returns to his fold. He would definitely re-think before contesting elections in other states outside Telangana. He would seriously wonder whether his small victory in Maharashtra was a fluke.

That leaves us with the oldest party of India, the Congress. It has increased its tally handsomely. It has no burden of performance on its shoulders. It does not worry about which ministry it will get, because it knows very well, what a cat can expect when sitting with two tigers. It will use this victory to target Modi for a long time to come. It has nothing to lose and only gain.

It is the ONLY TRUE WINNER of these elections.