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As Hindutva's trinity gathers in Bihar, RJD returns to Mandal politics
The Statesman Kolkata
|March 10, 2025
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to set the political battlefield through visits of Hindutva leaders ahead of Bihar assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has given clear indication of returning to Mandal politics to counter the BJP's plan.
The simultaneous presence of three big faces of Hindutva, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, Bageshwar Baba Acharya Dhirendra Shastri and Sri Sri Pandit Ravi Shankar in Bihar hasn't gone unnoticed. The Mahagathbandhan leaders have called it politically motivated, while the BJP is not seeing politics in it. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) is silent.
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