Reporters Without Orders Ep 365: How Bihar’s political landscape is heating up for poll season?

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalist Vishnu Narayan.

Vishnu breaks down how political parties are gearing up for a high-voltage election in Bihar. He analyses how political players are trying to finetune their strategies to get different caste groups on their side. He also talks about former civil servants jumping into the political arena and how that can affect the fortunes of the parties in the fray.

He sheds light on how the incumbent chief minister’s age will affect his party’s prospects. “Like him or not, you can’t ignore him,” Vishnu says about CM Nitish Kumar. 

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:52 - Political slugfest in Bihar

00:44:37 - Recommendations

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