The grand victory of the Mahagathbandhan (grand
alliance) of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad in the crucial Bihar poll was
possible not because of Mr.Kumar’s celebrity publicity manager Prashant
Kishor, but because of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s M-Y(Muslim-Yadav) vote bank which
proved the real game changer, according to political analysts. The RJD
of Lalu Prasad Yadav won more seats than JD(U) of Nitish Kumar.
Of
the total 49 Yadav candidates that the RJD fielded, 42 won the poll
while 12 out of the 16 Muslim candidates bagged the seats. Similarly,
out of the total 13 Yadav candidates the JD(U) had fielded, 11 won the
poll while out of seven Muslim contestants, five registered wins.
Even
for the Congress, out of the three Yadav candidates, two won the poll
and out of 10 Muslim candidates, six bagged the seats.
The
RJD’s Yadav candidates had a whopping 85.71 strike rate whereas Muslim
candidates notched up 75% strike rate for the party. For the JD(U), the
strike rate of Yadav candidates was 84.61 % while Muslim contestants had
71.42% strike rate.
However, for their third
alliance partner, the Congress party, the strike rate of Yadavs was
66.66% while for the Muslims it was 60%.
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