Music, dialogue and motion. With only a week left for voting, all the colors of politics have began taking part in out in Bihar.
Whereas parodies of Bollywood track and Bhojpuri actors are including glitz to the ballot marketing campaign, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday introduced in a cricket allegory evaluating the BJP-JD (U) partnership with the opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.
He sought to bolster ‘Mr Clear’ picture round Nitish Kumar saying nobody can elevate a finger on him relating to corruption.
The suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput turned a scorching political difficulty centred across the ‘son of Bihar’ theme, between July and September. Nevertheless, it didn’t change into a ballot difficulty and misplaced traction by the point elections had been declared.
Nevertheless, the Bollywood bug bit the Bihar polls quickly after the rap track “Bambai mein ka ba” starring actor Manoj Bajpai hit the screens. A variety of parodies in opposition to and for the Nitish authorities hit the marketing campaign primarily based on this.
The BJP has now fielded well-known Bhojpuri singer and former Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari within the marketing campaign. Tiwari shouldn’t be solely regaling the viewers but additionally sending a message of continuity for the NDA authorities in Bihar by way of a parody “Suna ho Bihar ke bhaiya” (Pay attention, Bihari brother) of the well-known track “Jiya ho Bihar ke Lala (Stay on the son of Bihar) from Hindi blockbuster Gangs of Wasseypur.
The track talks in regards to the improvement in Bihar throughout Nitish regime after the Lalu raj, a theme echoed even in Rajnath’s election speeches on Wednesday.
One other track doing the rounds is Rozgar deba ki karba drama, kursi to har baap ken na ha (Will you present jobs or will you take pleasure in drama) at a time when jobs have charted excessive within the ballot marketing campaign of Bihar.
Within the hard-boiled politics of agrarian Hindi state, niceties have a restricted position. And nobody desires to be left behind because the battle of barbs is filled with hyperboles.
Chirag Paswan, who confirmed respect to Nitish by touching his toes on Tuesday, ripped him aside the following day by mocking at him for latching on to improvement works executed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On the second day of his marketing campaign, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath warned that Congress-RJD together with ultra-Left CPI (ML) might revive Maoism in Bihar.