Election Nama - Why Is This Election Different From The Past Assembly Polls in Bihar?

10/27/20 • 52 min

The Suno India Show

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Election Nama: Ravish Kumar on Bihar Assembly Elections 2020

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 is all set to start from Wednesday, October 28. The polls will be held in three phases and the counting of votes will take place on November 10. In the coming days, we will be discussing different aspects of the polls, politics and issues in Bihar in this special mini-series of “The Suno India Show”

For this inaugural episode, our guest podcaster Mahtab Alam speaks to senior journalist Ravish Kumar on what he thinks of this election. Kumar believes that this time around, the elections have been very different from the past as perhaps for the first time, issues like “Rozgar” (Jobs/Employment) and “Siksha” (Education) have become the main talking points.

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Election Nama: How Nitish Kumar’s Regime Was Similar or Different from the Lalu Yadav- Rabri Devi Era?

In 2006, civil society organisations of Bihar released an “Alternative White Paper” on the issues of development and governance in the state. This was done in the context of an official White Paper released by the newly elected Nitish Kumar government on the 15-year-long Lalu Yadav-Rabri Devi regime. Anindo Banerjee, who is a Patna based researcher and public policy expert, was a part of it. He is currently the Head of Programme Initiatives at Praxis – Institute for Participatory Practices.

In this episode of Election Nama on Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, our guest podcaster Mahtab Alam speaks to Anindo Banerjee on what has changed over the past 15 years and how he assess’ Nitish Kumar’s regime, on how different or similar has it been to the Lalu Yadav-Rabri Devi regime. And, above all, what needs to be done for better development and governance in Bihar.

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