New Delhi: Bihar has at all times been a politically essential state. With the Lok Sabha Elections fervour gripping the nation, political events are aiming to woo the voters with completely different guarantees. While the BJP-led by Narendra Modi is searching for votes by promising growth and reminding individuals of the ‘Jungle Raaj’, the opposition RJD-Congress has accused the BJP of unemployment and inflation. While Bihar gave 39 seats to the NDA in 2019, the ruling alliance gained 31 seats in 2014. However, the political equations in Bihar usually are not so simple as it seems. In Bihar, caste guidelines the roost of politics.
Since 2009, the state has elected candidates from the identical caste background on 17 out of 40 seats. Among these, eight seats have been gained by candidates from higher castes, together with Kayasthas, Rajputs, Bhumihars and Brahmins.
For the previous three elections, Rajput candidates have gained from Maharajganj, Vaishali, Aurangabad, and Arrah Lok Sabha Seats of Bihar. In Maharajganj, Umashankar Singh of the RJD gained in 2009, whereas Janardhan Singh Sigriwal of the BJP clinched victories in 2014 and 2019 once more; Sigriwal goes to contest for the third time within the coming common election. The Vaishali seat was secured by Raghuvansh Prasad Singh of the RJD in 2009, adopted by Rama Kishore Singh and Veena Devi of the BJP’s ally LJP in 2014 and 2019, respectively. Devi ones once more going to contest the election on the NDA ticket. For the Arrah Lok Lok seat, Mina Singh of the JD(U) emerged victorious in 2009, and since 2014, bureaucrat-turned-politician R Okay Singh of the BJP has been repeatedly representing the seat and going to contest for the third time.
The Aurangabad seat also called Bihar’s Chittorgarh, this seat was earlier related with the household of outstanding Rajput chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha, he firstly gained the seat in 1952, and maintained his victory in 1952, 1971, and 1977, 1980 and 1984, later his daughter-in-law Shyama Sinha gained it in 1999 and his son and former Delhi Police Commissioner Nikhil Kumar earn the victory in 2004. Since 2009, the Aurangabad constituency has been represented by Sushil Singh.
Over the previous three a long time, Bhumihars have emerged victorious within the Nawada and Munger constituencies. In Nawada, Bhola Singh of the BJP secured a win in 2009, adopted by Giriraj Singh of the BJP in 2014, and LJP’s Chandan Singh in 2019. This time the NDA has given a ticket to BJP’s Bhumihar chief Vivek Thakur. In Munger, Lalan Singh of the JD(U) gained in 2009, whereas Veena Devi of the LJP clinched victory in 2014. In 2019, Lalan Singh reclaimed the seat and once more turned a NDA candidate. For the Darbhanga constituency Bihar, Brahmin candidate Kirti Azad from the BJP acquired victory in 2009 and 2014, this victory was adopted by BJP chief Gopalji Thakur in 2019. Thakur is now once more searching for re-election from the seat.
For the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat of Bihar, upper-caste Kayasthas have dominated, earlier Shatrughan Sinha acquired a victory from BJP ticket in 2009 and 2014, whereas the seat was adopted by former legislation minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in 2019 and once more he’s nominated from the Patna Sahib constituency to contest the present election.
Out of the 17 seats constantly gained by candidates from a single caste since 2009, OBCs Yadavs, which is the most important caste group within the state constituting 14% of the inhabitants in accordance with current caste surveys, have secured victories in three lok sabha seats together with Madhepura, Madhubani, and Pataliputra.
For the Madhepura seat, Sharad Yadav of the JD(U) gained in 2009, adopted by Pappu Yadav of the RJD in 2014, and he later joined the JD(U). In the 2019 election, Dinesh Chandra Yadav of the JD(U) secured the seat.
The Madhubani seat was gained by (*40*) Narayan Yadav of the BJP in 2009 and 2014, and his son Ashok in 2019. Again he’s fielded by the BJP from this seat. However, Pataliputra was beforehand represented by Ranjan Yadav of the JD(U) after defeating Lalu in 2009, however since has been represented by BJP chief Ram Kripal Yadav, who defeated Lalu’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti in twice Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.
The Nalanda Lok Sabha seat is also called Kurmistan due to the numerous OBC Kurmi inhabitants. This seat was secured by JD(U) supremo and Bihar’s CM Nitish Kumar in 2004. Since then, the social gathering’s Kaushlendra Kumar has gained the seat in three consecutive elections and is as soon as once more the nominee.
The OBC-Koeris additionally known as Kushwahas, have occupied the Karakat seat since 2009, Mahabati Singh gained the seat in 2009 and 2019 as JD(U) candidate, whereas Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha gained in 2014 together with his now-dissolved Rashtriya Lok Samta Party. Kushwaha is nominated on the NDA ticket in upcoming polls.
Since 2009, West Chanparan’s seat is been repeatedly gained by BJP candidate Sanjay Jaiswal, he belongs to the OBC Jaishwal neighborhood, which is a sub-cast beneath Banias or Vaishya. Jaishwal once more searching for a vote for the fourth time period this time.Â
For the Muzaffarpur constituency, the EBC Mallahs also called Nishads have been dominant since 2009, the JD(U) chief Jainarayan Nishad gained the seat, later adopted by his son and BJP candidate Ajay Nishad within the 2014 and 2019 common elections. Now Ajay switched to Congress after being denied from BJP ticket. The time saffron social gathering has nominated Raj Bhushan Nishad to contest from Muzaffarpur.
Bihar’s Samastipur is an SC reserved seat, in 2009 the JD(U)’s Maheshwar Hazari gained, and later the LJP’s Ramchandra Paswan gained within the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. After Ramchandra’s dying, his son Prince Raj gained the seat in 2019. This time LJP has given a ticket to Sambhavi Choudhary, daughter of JD(U) Minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary.
The different SC reserve seat of Gaya, a Manjhi forged chief has bagged victory since 2009. BJP’s Hari Manjhi gained the seat in 2009 and 2014, later it was bagged by JD(U) candidate Vijay Kumar Manjhi in 2019. In the approaching common election, NDA candidate and former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi goes to contest from the seat on the ticket of the (*17*) Awam Morcha (Secular), a celebration based by him.
