The inside story of two U-turns

The next battle in Bihar could be between Samrat Choudhary and Tejashwi Yadav

Civil society continues to be in the throes of handwringing, angst, and finger-pointing at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s actions earlier this week. All the criticism is directed against Mr Kumar. No one thinks any blame should accrue to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is equally guilty of a U-turn. In fact, if you look closely, as chief minister, Mr Kumar is still very much in the same place. It is other actors who have shifted positions. The night the change-over happened, mockery was evident all over the social media. A comment entreated the BJP to make up its