Sajjan Kumar is author of Everyday Communalism: Riots in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh
What sustains Nitish Kumar is the silence of his core support base, the EBCs, Mahadalits and Kurmis and a section of women who aren’t vocal. In the meantime, all we hear is the restlessness of the dominant castes.
Formation of smaller alliances by regional parties in states may be a more effective Opposition strategy