MY for a Naya Bihar - The new coalition of change |
There are elections that change governments. And then there are elections that change the grammar of politics itself. The 2025 Bihar verdict belongs squarely to the second category.
Beneath the saffron sweep, beneath the shattered caste equations, beneath the ruins of the Mahagathbandhan’s thrashing defeat, two constituencies — women and youth — silently rewrote Bihar’s political gravity. In the story of Bihar’s new political core, they became the decisive anchors of a mandate that stunned pundits.
Women have emerged as the most decisive and emotionally anchored political constituency in Bihar.
In this election, they did not just vote — they surged. Women’s turnout soared to 71.6 per cent, nearly ten points higher than men. For the first time, they outvoted men not out of deference but conviction. What powered this surge was not identity, but impact — policy that touched their lives.
The NDA’s pre-poll strategy placed women at the centre. The Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, offering Rs 10,000 to women entrepreneurs, was pushed to the forefront. The promise of the dashazari scheme was not merely a slogan, it became a tangible aspiration.
Alongside came a transformative assurance — free electricity up to 125 units for all households. For countless women managing fragile monthly budgets, this was........