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NEWSNOTES
 Bihar
Opposition leader Sushil Modi foretells the future of state politics following
the NDA's recent Bihar Bandh.
Q. How do you interpret the response to the
Bihar Bandh?
A. In the past decade no opposition bandh call received the kind of
response this bandh got. This is the beginning of the end of the Laloo-Rabri
era.
Q. Do you or the NDA really think one successful
bandh will end Laloo Raj?
A. No. As of now numbers in
the assembly favour Laloo. We know we are not in a position to replace
Laloo at the moment.
Q. Then how can you predict the end of Laloo
Raj?
A.
A majority of RJD members are angry. They are looking for an opportune
moment to break away. Laloo has become politically weak and is left with
only three MPs. The NDA will not try to break the RJD. The party will
collapse on its own.
Q. What other message has the NDA got from
the bandh?
A. It
has sent a signal that the NDA is united in this state. The success of
this bandh has inspired NDA constituents to go in for joint action from
now on.
Q. You never moved a no-confidence motion
against the Government. Why?
A. It
was strategy. We never wanted to give Laloo a chance to claim he is in
majority. Also there was no unanimity in the NDA on this.
—Farzand Ahmed
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