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Bihar elections forward-backward cas
te war: Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu asked Yadavs to "stay awake and remain united", especially against Brahmins
. "The RSS is full of Brahmins," he said, and dared the Sangh and BJP
to scrap quotas.
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d alliance, Lalu son Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, Tejaswi Prasad Yadav,
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dia news, latest news RJD chief Lalu Prasad with his son and
Raghopur candidate Tejashwi Yadav during the first day of the campaign at Ter
asiya village, Sunday. (Express Photo by: Prashant Ravi)
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday described the Bihar assembly election as the
war of the Mahabharata between the backward and forward castes. He
asked Yadavs to "stay awake and remain united", especially against Brahmins.
"The RSS is full of Brahmins," he said, and dared the Sangh and BJP
to scrap quotas.
"Ye ladaai hai backward aur forward ki. Maine Mohan Bhagwat ko keh diya hai k
i moochh mein dum hai to aarakshan khatam karo. Yeh tiranga nahin,
bhagwa jhanda fahrana chaahta hai (This is a battle between backward castes a
nd forward castes. I have challenged [RSS chief] Mohan Bhagwat - he
should scrap reservation if he has the guts. He wants to hoist the saffron fl
ag, not the Tricolour)", Lalu told a modest gathering in Raghopur
in Vaishali, from where his younger son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is contesting.
"Raghopur is my place, I have started (my campaign) from this pious place by
the Ganga," Lalu said. "I want you Yaduvanshis (Yadavs) to ward off
external threats. Yadav so jaaye to puaal, jaag jaaye to sher. Jaag jao. Yeh
Mahabharat hai (If Yadavs become inactive, they are only as good as
[men of] straw, but if they awaken, they are lions. So wake up, this is the [
war of the] Mahabharata)."
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Lalu cautioned people against rumours spread through mobile phones, especiall
y before Durga Puja that falls in the middle of the five-phase
Bihar polls. He borrowed a mobile phone to show it to the crowd, saying the d
evices were "being controlled" by people in Mumbai and Delhi.
The former chief minister reminded people he had stopped L K Advani's rath in
1990, when other chief ministers had not dared to do so."The world
started talking about this son of a Yadav standing in front of you," Lalu sai
d, speaking about himself. "Do you not remember having fought the

police while protesting Advani's yatra near Pillar Number One of the bridge?"
The RJD had engaged Bhojpuri singer Chhotu Chhalia before Lalu's speech to si
ng a song about upper caste oppression in Bihar, and the
empowerment of the backward castes after Lalu arrived on the scene. As the au
dience asked for more, Lalu allowed Chhalia to continue for longer.
Lalu repeated the story of Mokama muscleman Anant Singh's alleged involvement
in the killing of a Yadav youth - and how he had got Nitish Kumar
to take action against Singh. He has been talking about Anant Singh at almost
every public meeting in an attempt to consolidate backward votes.
At the meeting at Yadav-dominated Terasia village, Lalu for the first time to
ok on his one-time protege Ram Kripal Yadav, who he alleged had
accumulated a lot of wealth. "He (Ram Kripal) says I have done little for Yad
avs. He is the first beneficiary," Lalu said.
Tejashwi said his family had represented the Raghopur seat, and "those who sa
y I will not come here after winning should know that I will build
a house here to connect with you and listen to your problems".
"You should stand united because this is not the election of Tejashwi and Tej
Pratap but of entire Bihar, and the whole country is watching.
Scrapping reservation is the main agenda of the RSS," he said.
After Lalu prompted him to speak on dynastic rule, Tejashwi said: "I challeng
ed BJP leaders to give affidavits saying all sons of BJP leaders
would quit the positions they were holding. Ram Vilas Paswan should ask his s
on Chirag to quit his position. If he does so, I too will not
accept any position. And what about the sons of former CMs Jagannath Mishra a
nd Bhagwat Jha Azad?" Kirti Azad is a BJP MP and Nitish Mishra is a
former minister who is seeking re-election from Jhanjharpur.
Tejashwi said BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had been threatening to send his f
ather to jail. "Please do not threaten us. When our kuldevta Lord
Sri Krishna was born in jail, we are not at afraid of such threats", said Tej
ashwi.
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Schedule
* Phase Date of poll Seats
* Phase 1 October 12 49
* Phase 2 October 16 32
* Phase 3 October 28 50
* Phase 4 November 1 55
* Phase 5 November 5 57
* Date of counting November 8 243
Bihar electorate comprises 6.68cr people who will vote

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for 243 constituencies

Previous Statistics 2010 Bihar Result | Total Seats: 243

* Party Seats %Votes
* JDU 115 39.1
* BJP 91 25.6
* RJD 22 8.4
* Congress 4 8.4
* Others 11 27
JDU += JDU+BJP + RJD += RJD + LJP Voter turnout in 2010 elections was 52.7% E
ast Bihar recorded the highest trunout of 56.8%
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