Bihar elections: Dates out, alliances look at issues within
(WorldNews India)

The ruling coalition in Bihar may be contesting the Assembly elections next month under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of JD(U), the bigger alliance partner in the state, but the stakes seem to be higher for the BJP. At least three BJP leaders admitted that winning Bihar, where the party fared miserably in 2015 following an impressive performance in 2014 Lok Sabha elections – the JD(U) then was part of the Opposition Grand Alliance – is “politically crucial” for the party’s “immediate future, and in the long run.” A victory will be important for the party not only to counter the Opposition’s campaign against the farm-related Bills, which has seen protests by farmers in different...