Political uproar in Bihar due to Lalu Yadav's video going viral, Ambedkar's picture controversy has a bad effect on RJD, RJD's influence on Dalit vote bank may reduce.
Patna: Before the assembly elections to be held at the end of the year in Bihar, RJD is constantly seen embroiled in controversies. The crisis on Lalu Prasad Yadav does not seem to reduce. Recently, after the controversy over the love affair of elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, now the RJD supremo himself is embroiled in the controversy of insulting Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s picture. It is about his 78th birthday. When a person reached with a picture of Baba Saheb Ambedkar to congratulate him. He started taking photos while presenting the picture. He held the picture in such a way that it appeared near Lalu Yadav’s feet. Then 3 days later, the video of the incident which went viral created a political uproar. This controversy can have a deep impact on the image of RJD before the assembly elections. It is being speculated that this controversy may change the fate of RJD. Let’s understand how…
What did Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary say?
After the Ambedkar photo controversy, political parties are continuously targeting Lalu Prasad Yadav. The state’s Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary said that “It has been more than 36 hours since the video of Baba Saheb’s insult came out. The whole of Bihar is hurt by that video, but till now not even two words of regret have come from RJD. However, Bihar has definitely seen the arrogance of Lalu Prasad’s beloved son Tejashwi. Tejashwi refused to accept the insult of Baba Saheb. He called it a frivolous topic. Our question is that even after insulting Baba Saheb by keeping his photo near his feet, Lalu ji’s beloved son does not feel insulted in it, then after what other insult will RJD accept that it has been insulted? RJD first ‘insults’ Baba Saheb and then shows ‘arrogance’. The picture of Baba Saheb’s insult that everyone has seen in the video is the real character of RJD.”
What will be the impact on RJD?
Before the assembly elections to be held at the end of the year in Bihar, all the parties are busy gathering their vote banks. But the Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s picture insult controversy can have a bad effect on RJD. This can cause RJD to lose control over the Dalit vote bank. Let us tell you that 18 to 20% of the population in Bihar is Dalit. 31.3 percent of the total Dalit population is of the Chamar caste. Dusadh caste is in second place. 30.9% of the total Scheduled Caste population is of Dusadh or Paswan. After this, there is the population of Musahar, Pasi, Dhobi and Bhuiya caste respectively. That is, the Dalit community in Bihar has the role of forming the government and spoiling the equation. Talking about the last election, 38 Dalit MLAs won the election in the year 2020. Which includes 13 from Paswan caste, 13 from Ravidas caste, 7 from Musahar community, 3 from Pasi caste and one MLA from Mehatar caste.
Courtesy: Hindi News