If a Government facing low literacy rates, poor wages, weak healthcare and limited access to higher education can still win decisively, are we witnessing the power of welfare, or the rise of a new kind of state-backed clienteles’ where the poor are directly traded benefits for ballots?
अगर कोई सरकार कम साक्षरता, कम वेतन, कमजोर स्वास्थ्य व्यवस्था और उच्च शिक्षा की सीमित पहुंच जैसी गंभीर चुनौतियों के बावजूद बड़ी जीत हासिल कर लेती है, तो क्या यह कल्याण योजनाओं की ताकत है या फिर राज्य-प्रायोजित उस नए तरह के ग्राहक वर्ग का संकेत है, जिसमें गरीबों को सीधे लाभ देकर वोट लिए जाते हैं?
If the Bihar election has brutally exposed how the Opposition collapsed under its own arrogance, alliance mismanagement and organizational vacuum, while the BJP adapted swiftly and Nitish Kumar rebuilt his relevance, then how should Rahul Gandhi’s role be understood in this defeat? Was he attempting to lead an alliance, merely boosting his personal profile, or unintentionally sabotaging a coalition that depended on discipline, humility, and ground-level coordination that he never bothered to build?
