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Mainstream, Vol 63 No 49 December 6, 2025

Why the RSS-BJP Juggernaut Needs a Political Seawall - Part 1 | Arun Srivastava

Saturday 6 December 2025, by Arun Srivastava

After the Congress no-show in the November 2025 Bihar assembly election, Rahul Gandhi has become the punching pad for his friends and foes alike.

Everyone, irrespective of their political standing, is blaming him for the disastrous performance of not only the Congress, but INDIA bloc. The common refrain is: he did not handle the assembly election as it ought to have been. However, no one is pointing a finger at themselves or is ready to actually underline what should have been the correct manner of tackling Bihar