New Delhi/Patna, Nov. 15 -- For the past two decades, the difference between being in government and Opposition in Bihar has been Nitish Kumar and his Janata Dal (United), and the support base he and his party have assiduously cultivated, women and people from the so-called extreme backward classes. Whether it is along with the dominant OBCs led by the Yadavs, or with the upper castes in what is popularly called a coalition of extremes, it is Kumar who decides who governs the state. The 2020 assembly elections were different. Sabotaged by the LJP, which continued to be part of the larger NDA grouping at the Centre, the JD(U) saw its tally in the assembly shrink to 43, its lowest since 2005. This time, the party has won 85 seats at a strike ...