OPINION | Bihar polls: Conflict of three dons in Mokama


Private enmity between Anant Singh and Dularchand Yadav is almost 20 years previous.

New Delhi:

Violence marred the election course of in Mokama, Bihar. On Friday, supporters of two native dons clashed triggering rigidity between two castes. There have been incidents of firing and stoning, and automobiles have been smashed. Native gangsters threatened extra killings as politics raged over a useless physique.

Dularchand Yadav, a former acolyte of Lalu Prasad Yadav, is an area heavyweight and he has a number of prison circumstances of kidnapping and murders pending in opposition to him.  He was supporting the Jan Suraj Social gathering candidate Piyush Priyadarshi, who’s pitted in opposition to native don and Janata Dal(U) candidate Anant Singh and RJD candidate Veena Devi, spouse of one other don Suraj Bhan.

On Friday, as a convoy of automobiles carrying the physique of Dularchand Yadav was going to the hospital for publish mortem, supporters of Yadav and Anant Singh clashed when some stones fell on the automobile that was carrying the physique. There have been firings from each side. Veena Devi’s automobile was additionally stoned.

Don Anant Singh alleged that Dularchand Yadav was killed by supporters of Suraj Bhan to nook electoral benefit, however Suraj Bhan says, the allegations are baseless and the homicide have to be probed by a retired choose. FIR has been filed in opposition to Anant Singh and his kin, however will the don be arrested?

RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has raised this incident for instance of breakdown in legislation and order throughout Nitish Kumar’s rule. In the meantime, movies emerged displaying Dularchand Yadav instigating his supporters to assault Anant Singh’s males, minutes earlier than his homicide.

Private enmity between Anant Singh and Dularchand Yadav is almost 20 years previous. In 1991, Dularchand’s identify figured within the homicide of an area Congress chief Sitaram Singh. This time, Dularchand needed RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav to subject Piyush Priyadarshi as candidate. Tejashwi had finished a street present with Priyadarshi in Mokama and had distributed pens to supporters. However on the final second, Tejashwi modified his thoughts and gave the celebration ticket to native don Surajbhan Singh’s spouse Veena Devi.

A livid Dularchand then supported Priyadarshi, who acquired the Jan Suraj ticket from Prashant Kishor. Dularchand went forward full steam to marketing campaign for Priyadarshi. You would possibly marvel what this has acquired to do with Dularchand’s homicide. In Mokama, native individuals know Dularchand Yadav was a historysheeter, who wielded affect amongst Yadav voters. The Yadav and Bhumihar castes in Mokama have at all times been at reverse ends of the political spectrum.

Each Veena Devi of RJD and Anant Singh of JD-U belong to the Bhumihar caste. Piyush Priyadarshi was anticipating votes from the Yadav caste with the assistance of Dularchand Yadav. This might have harmed each Veena Devi and Anant Singh throughout polling.

Now Anant Singh is going through flak for Dularchand’s homicide, and he could lose out on Yadav votes. So, even in a case of ugly homicide, in a state like Bihar, the castes of the sufferer and accused are taken into consideration.

I really feel that, interference of dons, ex- or current, in politics is unacceptable. Mobilisation of castes in a bloody confrontation is objectionable.

One good factor is that folks have now stopped fearing native dons. They’ve additionally stopped casting votes in favour of dons.

A giant salute to Jemimah

Staff India has scripted historical past by defeating Australia and getting into the ultimate of Girls’s World Cup. It efficiently accomplished the largest run chase in girls’s ODI. The Australian staff, which has received 4 World Cups, and had been unbeatable within the final 15 matches, had posted a goal of 339 runs for Staff India to win. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s staff achieved this goal in 48.3 overs.

The complete staff performed properly, however Jemimah Rodrigues emerged because the star. She scored an unbeaten 127 runs, whereas Harmanpreet posted 89 runs. After the historic win, Jemimah had tears in her eyes. She stated, her private achievement didn’t matter a lot. She needed the staff to win, and it did. Staff India meets South Africa in Sunday’s ultimate.

Jemimah was trying fatigued over the past overs. She was discovering it troublesome to even stand erect on the pitch, however she did and earned victory for her staff. Jemimah stated, a line from the Holy Bible gave her the energy on the pitch.

She stated, she was affected by nervousness due to trolls who have been after her on social media. However psychological toughness, a killer intuition and assist from teammates helped.

These are the important thing necessities for any participant to attain success. No one ought to hassle about who writes what about whom on social media. A giant salute to Jemimah.

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