BJP GAVE MULTIPLE TICKETS TO A SINGLE CASTE FEARING THEM OF JUNGLE RAJ

BJP GAVE MULTIPLE TICKETS TO A SINGLE CASTE FEARING THEM OF JUNGLE RAJ

14-OCT-ENG 16

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

PATNA------------------------The RJD has now focused on the same caste, which it considered untouchable and which was denied tickets in the assembly elections. Tejashwi Yadav has made a major caste move. By focusing on the Bhumihar community, considered the BJP's core vote bank, the RJD has created political turmoil. By inducting Bhumihar leaders into the party by region, Tejashwi has prepared the ground for the 2025 assembly elections. This decision by the RJD has further unsettled the BJP, already uneasy about Prashant Kishore, and Tejashwi Yadav's attack has further unnerved the BJP.

Tejaswi's master stroke in the form of a caste strategy against the BJP, which is raising fears of jungle raj in Bihar, has created immense unease in the saffron camp. Tejashwi Yadav has made a major caste move. The RJD has created political turmoil by focusing on the Bhumihar community, considered the BJP's core vote bank, by inducting Bhumihar leaders by region into the party. Tejashwi Yadav has launched a surgical strike against the very caste voters the Bharatiya Janata Party considered bonded voters. This decision by the RJD has unnerved the BJP. Already uneasy about Prashant Kishor, the BJP has been further rattled by Tejashwi Yadav's attack. The RJD, which once considered untouchable and denied tickets in assembly elections, has now focused on the same castes. This is becoming apparent. By inducting prominent leaders into the party, a clear message has been sent.

In every election, the BJP instigates the fear of jungle raj among the Bhumihars.

The BJP, which has sought to sideline the Bhumihars by raising the fear of jungle raj, is now facing increasing difficulties. The RJD has begun working to bring the BJP's core voters together. To ensure that core voters join the RJD, leaders from the same castes are being inducted into the party. The RJD has begun cultivating a rapport with the BJP's traditional voters, known off-the-record as bonded voters. To this end, it is preparing to induct prominent leaders into the party and offer them assembly tickets. We are talking about the Bhumihar caste. RJD previously avoided fielding candidates from the Bhumihar caste. It's worth noting that in the 2020 assembly elections, RJD fielded a Bhumihar candidate in one seat. That seat was Mokama, where Anant Singh was nominated.

In the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, RJD has focused on the Bhumihars to make inroads into the BJP's core voters. Tejashwi Yadav is working to cultivate closeness with the Bhumihar community. To foster this connection, he is inducting prominent regional leaders from the Bhumihar caste into the party. Tejashwi has so far inducted four prominent leaders into the party, and several others are in the pipeline. All of them are reportedly being nominated as RJD candidates.

RJD is focusing on Magadh, Begusarai, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Khagaria, and Champaran. The party has included Bogo Singh, a prominent leader and former MLA from Matihani in Begusarai. He is being given the party ticket. Meanwhile, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, JDU MLA from Parbatta in Khagaria, a prominent and young Bhumihar leader, has been inducted into the party by Tejashwi Yadav and fielded in the election. On October 10th, Rahul Sharma, son of former MP Jagdish Sharma and a prominent figure in the Magadh region, was inducted into the party. He will be nominated for the Ghoshi seat. Tejashwi Yadav has taken this seat from the CPI(ML), and Rahul Sharma will now be the Grand Alliance candidate for the Ghoshi assembly seat. Annu Shukla, wife of Munna Shukla, is reportedly being given the RJD ticket from Lalganj in Vaishali district. She is also busy preparing for the election.

There are also reports of RJD and Congress fielding Bhumihar candidates in several other seats, including seats like Asthawan and Bihpur. The Congress party is also preparing to field Bhumihar candidates in seats like Chanpatia, Lakhisarai, and Govindganj.