Elections 1999: Bihar - Too hasty a requiem for Laloo Yadav

Authors
Sengupta, U
Citation
U. Sengupta, Elections 1999: Bihar - Too hasty a requiem for Laloo Yadav, ECON POLIT, 34(44), 1999, pp. 3106-3107
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY
ISSN journal
00129976 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
44
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3106 - 3107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(199910/11)34:44<3106:E1B-TH>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A closer scrutiny of election results in Bihar reveals that RJD's defeat wa s prompted more by alliance arithmetic forged by the BJP-Samata-JD(U) combi ne than by dynamics of politics. Small and marginal shifts on the ground an d a higher degree of 'unity' among rivals of Laloo Yadav, led to the RJD's debacle. Nevertheless, the erosion in the intensity of support for Laloo Ya dav is;quite palpable and should worry Laloo Yadav the most in the coming a ssembly election.