THE BIHAR MANDATE IS CLEAR The Bihar Assembly election results have been interpreted in several ways. What is certain that the JDU and BJP candidates won mostly because a great many people didn’t want the Laloo-Rabri combo back in any eventuality. Most people wanted to give Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a second term, to see if he can follow through on his promises. There were hundreds of people who voted for the BJP candidates, not as a support to their party ideology, but to ensure that Bihar under Nitish Kumar continues on its faltering path to development. Actually, Nitish is the only...