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.