The Battle for Bihar: Nitish Kumar and the Theatre of Power

by Arun Sinha

At the centre of India's social churn and high political drama is Bihar, a state with great untapped potential. After bursting on to the scene in the late 1980s and becoming Bihar's uncrowned ruler, Lalu Prasad Yadav was challenged by his erstwhile comrade Nitish Kumar. Unable to oust Lalu from power with his small, new party, Nitish made an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A quiet but canny politician, Nitish Kumar, as the chief minister,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143452061
• ISBN13: 9780143452065
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"