People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXIX

No. 48

November 27, 2005

Bihar Election Results

 

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement ON November 22, 2005.

 

THE assembly elections in Bihar have resulted in a clear victory for the JD(U)-BJP alliance. The division amongst the secular and democratic parties has made a major contribution to this result. The record of the previous RJD-led government had aroused popular discontent which was also  utilised by the JD(U)-BJP alliance.

 

The reasons for the setback in a state which had never given a mandate for an alliance which includes the BJP, must be gone into so that appropriate lessons are drawn.