A tiger and a deer drinking from the same pool is often used as an imagery for Ram Rajya—a metaphor for peace and sushashan. Tejashwi Yadav had the imagination but the memories of his party’s rule, when he was only growing up, soiled the water. The NDA launched a sustained assault on the RJD for what is popularly called the “Jungle Raj” and repeatedly touched on the raw nerve.
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Lalu Prasad’s social justice uprooted the well-entrenched upper caste dominance in Bihar. The 15 years of his party birthed a new dominant caste, politically at least. His own caste group, the Yadavs of Bihar, emerged as the most powerful and eventually domineering group. They had the numerical strength, the muscle to assert that strength and now even resources to draw more strength.
From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, top NDA leaders were relentless in reminding the people that the return of the RJD would translate into the return of the said Jung
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