48-year-old Madhulika Singh’s husband was shot dead with a country-made gun during Lalu Prasad Yadav’s infamous ‘Jungle Raj’. A Nitish Kumar loyalist, she refuses to align with the Grand Alliance.
While Lalu could prove to be a liability in the JD(U)‘s scheme to secure the female vote, the Grand Alliance would hope to make good on any possible losses with the RJD’s core vote bank of Muslims and Yadavs.
The BJP, though, does not appear to be the first choice, and could be a default option for women who simply don’t want Lalu back in government.
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