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New Delhi: Bihar has always been a politically critical state. As the Lok Sabha election season grips the nation, political parties are aiming to woo voters with different promises. While the Narendra Modi-led BJP sought votes by promising development and reminding people of ‘Jungle Raj’, the opposition RJD-Congress accused the BJP of unemployment and inflation. In Bihar 2019, the NDA won 39 seats, while in 2014 the ruling alliance won 31 seats. However, the political equations in Bihar are not as simple as they seem. Caste rules politics in Bihar.
Since 2009, the state has elected candidates from the same caste background in 17 out of 40 seats. Eight of these seats were won by upper caste candidates including Kayasthas, Rajputs, Bhumihars and Brahmins.
In the last three elections, Rajput candidates have won from Maharajganj, Vaishali, Aurangabad and Arah Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. In Maharajganj, RJD’s Umashankar Singh won in 2009, BJP’s Janardhan Singh Sigriwal won again in 2014 and 2019; Sigriwal will be contesting for the third time in the upcoming general elections. The Vaishali seat was held by RJD’s Raghuvansha Prasad Singh in 2009, followed by Ram Kishore Singh and Veena Devi of BJP’s ally LJP in 2014 and 2019. Devi will again contest the election on NDA ticket. For the Arah Lokak seat, Meena Singh of JD(U) emerged victorious in 2009 and since 2014, bureaucrat-turned-politician RK Singh of BJP has continuously represented the seat and is going to contest for the third time.
Aurangabad seat also known as Chittorgarh in Bihar, the seat was first associated with the family of prominent Rajput leader and former Chief Minister of Bihar Satyendra Narayan Sinha who first won the seat in 1952 and retained his victory in 1952, 1971 and 1977. 1980 and 1984, followed by his daughter-in-law Shyam Sinha in 1999 and his son and former Delhi Police Commissioner Nikhil Kumar in 2004. Since 2009, Aurangabad constituency has been represented by Sushil Singh.
Bhumihars have won in Nawada and Munger constituencies in the last three decades. In Nawada, BJP’s Bhola Singh won in 2009, BJP’s Giriraj Singh in 2014 and LJP’s Chandan Singh in 2019. This time NDA has given ticket to BJP’s Bhumihar leader Vivek Thakur. In Munger, JD(U)’s Lalan Singh won in 2009, while LJP’s Veena Devi won in 2014. In 2019, Lalan Singh regained the seat and again became the NDA candidate. For the Darbhanga constituency in Bihar, Brahmin candidate Kirti Azad won from the BJP in 2009 and 2014, a victory won by BJP leader Gopalji Thakur in 2019. Thakur is now seeking re-election from the seat.
Bihar’s Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency is dominated by upper caste Kayasthas, previously Shatrughan Sinha won on a BJP ticket in 2009 and 2014, while former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad followed suit in 2019 and was nominated again. from Patna Sahib Constituency to contest the current election
Among the 17 seats won by same-caste candidates consecutively since 2009, OBCs, the largest caste group in the state, comprising 14% of the population according to the latest caste surveys, have won three Lok Sabha seats, including Madhepur. , Madhubani and Pataliputra.
For Madhepur constituency, Sharad Yadav of JD(U) won in 2009, then Pappu Yadav of RJD in 2014 and later he joined JD(U). The seat was won by Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD(U) in the 2019 elections.
The Madhubani seat was won by BJP’s Hukumdev Narayan Yadav in 2009 and 2014 and his son Ashok in 2019. Again he has been fielded from this seat by BJP. However, Pataliputra was previously represented by JD(U)’s Ranjan Yadav after defeating Lalu in 2009, while it is now represented by BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who defeated Lalu’s elder daughter Misa Bharti in the Lok Sabha elections twice in 2014 and 2019.
Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency is also known as Kurmistan due to its significant OBC Kurmi population. The seat was held by JD(U) supremo and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in 2004. Since then, the party’s Kaushalendra Kumar has won the seat in three consecutive elections and has been nominated again.
The OBC-Koeris, known as Kushwahas, have occupied the Karakat seat since 2009, with Mahabati Singh winning as the JDU candidate in 2009 and 2019, while Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha won in 2014 with his now-dissolved Rashtriya Lok Samata. Party. Kushwaha has been nominated on an NDA ticket in the upcoming elections.
Since 2009, the West Chanparan seat has been continuously won by BJP candidate Sanjay Jaiswal, who belongs to the OBC Jaishwal community, a subcaste under Banias or Vaishya. Jaishwal has asked for votes for the fourth time this time.
The Muzaffarpur constituency, which has been dominated by ABC mullahs known as the Nishads since 2009, was won by JDU leader Jainarayan Nishad, followed by his son and BJP candidate Ajay Nishad in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. Now Ajay has switched to Congress after being denied BJP ticket. Samaya Kesari Party has nominated Raj Bhushan Nishad to contest from Muzaffarpur.
Bihar’s Samastipur SC is a reserved seat, won by JDU’s Maheshwar Hazari in 2009 and later by LJP’s Ramachandra Paswan in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. After Ramachandra’s demise, his son Prince Raj won the seat in 2019. This time LJP has given ticket to JD(U) Minister Ashok Kumar Chaudhary’s daughter Sambhavi Chaudhary.
Manjhi caste leader Gaya has won another SC reserved seat since 2009. BJP’s Hari Manjhi won the seat in 2009 and 2014, followed by JD(U) candidate Vijay Kumar Manjhi in 2019. In the upcoming general elections, NDA candidate and former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi will contest from the seat on the ticket of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), a party founded by him.
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