Bihar’s ultimate ‘Chanakya’, Nitish Kumar, has pulled it off once again.

On way to becoming the chief minister of the state for a record tenth term, Nitish remains one of India’s most enduring and enigmatic political figures.

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Known variously as “Sushasan Babu” (the man of good governance), a ‘Chankaya’ or master strategist, and an inveterate pragmatist, Nitish has spent more than two decades shaping Bihar’s political landscape through a mix of administrative focus, electoral caste engineering, and agility in dumping or forming coalition, which remains unmatched in contemporary Indian politics.

The frequent change of platforms, from secular socialist to aligning with the right-wing BJP to being an upholder of Dalit rights, seems to have had no effect on his electoral pull

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