Barely 30 km from Patna, the road to Raghopur, not far from the banks of the Ganges, is silk-smooth. But before hitting the bustling Bidupur market, The Quint chose to take a left turn into a narrow metalled road, not in the best shape, to Dawoodnagar-Chakgadoh, a village of about 7,000 voters of all caste and religious persuasions, though primarily dominated by Yadavs and Muslims with some scattered settlements of Brahmins, Rajputs and Mahadalits.
It did not take us long to find a cacophonous gathering of a few village elders animatedly engaged in a discussion over the fate of Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janashakti Party.
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