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    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    Bihar Assembly Elections: Politics in the times of COVID-19

    Amit Ranjan and Jeetendra Kumar

    7 August 2020

    10.48561/28g4-dvgf

    The Bihar assembly elections, when they are held, will be the first to electorally test the decisions taken by the Union government in India and Bihar state administration to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and its related crisis. While recent trends have shown that the National Democratic Alliance will have an advantage, the opposition parties, with limited resources, are trying hard to attract the voters.

     

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