Updated On: 02 April, 2018 06:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Aditya Sinha
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has little choice but to watch communal fire spread in his state as the only path ahead for him might be joining BJP


There is great public anger against Kumar for betraying the electoral mandate he received in the November 2015 assembly election. Ilustration/Ravi Jadhav
Last week, eight inter-communal clashes happened in Bihar. The first was in Araria, where the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine recently lost a Lok Sabha bypoll. A video reportedly circulated of the electoral win celebrated with anti-national slogans, though I can't imagine anyone would do something so provocative or suicidal after four years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.