The grand alliance of Lalu-Nitish-Congress in Bihar has paid off in the round of by-elections (“The experiment succeeds,” Aug. 26). However, it is still early days, and the alliance, formed to fight a common enemy, will find it tough to project a united front, given its apparent fault lines and the pressure to stay relevant.
Aatish Sharma,`Mohali
The results of the by-elections underscore the fact that the Modi wave is fading. It seems that people have realised that the achche din promise is but grand rhetoric and nothing else.
Kiran Jose,Kottayam
The results will make both the Congress and the BJP sharpen their strategy for the 2015 Assembly elections in Bihar. The two Yadavs may seriously think of coming together to fight the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and the Congress may not be averse to the possibility either.
H.R. Bapu Satyanarayana,Mysore
The alliance between Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar and the Congress is an artificial and temporary one. If at all the ‘secular alliance’ wins the Bihar elections at some point, there will be turmoil in the State with the RJD, the JD (U) and the Congress competing for the Chief Minister’s post.
N. Nagesh,Chennai
