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Since Lalu Yadav’s 1995 win, Bihar has been governed by minority-led parties and OBC or Dalit chief ministers.

Lalu Yadav was accused of banishing upper caste people from important posts, and Nitish Kumar seemed too socialist to some, while policies and campaigns focused heavily on caste barriers.

Did NDA and Mahagathbandhan ticket distribution in the Bihar 2025 elections signal a return of ‘upper caste’ politics?

In 1995, Lalu Yadav won the masses (and the Bihar election) with the battle cry of ‘ Vikas nahin, samman chahiye ’ (we want respect, not development). Though his win was one for the history books, the history of OBCs and Dalits fighting for respect and recognition predates RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s legacy. He was neither the first non-Savarna C

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