New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwai Yadav frequently raises the “Bahari” issue, which has a similarity with the “Bohiragata” rhetoric of his national ally Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, where both the words translated into English mean “outsider”.

Though emanating from different states, political cultures, and histories, both usages share tactical similarities, divergent intentions, and comparable risks for democratic debate and social cohesion.

For both leaders, any entity not endorsed by them and having the potential to upset their applecart in the respective playing fields is an outsider.

Tejashwi’s reiterating the “Bihari versus bahari” slogan has been linked to his efforts to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) narrative in Bihar. Particu

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