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  • In Bihar’s Yadav belt, RJD’s caste arithmetic set to be put to the Modi test

    Riding high on its performance in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, which was a vast improvement on the Lok Sabha polls a year before, the RJD-Congress alliance hopes to increase its tally in the Lok Sabha elections. But a big test of this alliance’s strength — call it INDIA or Mahagathbandhan — will come in Madhepura, Supaul, and Jhanjharpur that go to polls on May 7. With a sizable population of Yadavs and Muslims, the RJD’s core vote bank, the three seats, along with constituencies in the...