Dehradun, Sept. 3 -- Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' concluded in Patna on Monday, having started on 17 August. Accompanied as he was by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and representatives of other parties, he witnessed good public turnout at his public rallies. However, how much of this is going to translate into votes come election time is yet to be known.
The idea basically was to raise an issue that potentially would attract the attention of the people. Caste census, unemployment, minority persecution, government serving interests of capitalists, etc., were cards that had already been played. The yatra further upped the ante by casting doubts upon the impartiality of the Election Commission. How much the people of Bihar are open to such...