The uneasy relationship among the main partners of the NDA, the Janata Dal (United) and the BJP, did have multiple gripes

The picture is clearer now that the race to the Bihar Assembly has entered its final lap: While the ruling NDA has been successful in putting forward an image of cohesion to the masses having overcome inherent contradictions by working out an agenda based on common points of agreement, the Opposition Mahagathbandhan is fraying, its fault lines deepened by greed and ego battles that have obfuscated its very political goal.

The uneasy relationship among the main partners of the NDA, the Janata Dal (United) and the BJP, did have multiple gripes. Whether it was the choice of the chief ministerial candidate or the commitment to secular principles, the difference between th

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