Anita Katyal | Chhat Early, So Whose Vote Will Shrink? Adhir Up for Bigger Role?

Since Diwali and Chhat have come early this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal are nervous that migrant workers may not delay their departure by 10 days once the rituals are over for fear of losing work and wages

xAnxiety is building up in both the ruling National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition’s Mahagathbandhan in poll-bound Bihar over the long gap between the completion of Chhat Puja celebrations on October 28 and the first phase of polling on November 6. Since Chhat is a major Hindu festival in Bihar, the state’s unemployed who have left to seek work outside come back home in droves to participate in the rituals and usually stay on to cast their vote. Since Diwali and Chhat have come early this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party