Patna. The bungalow at 10 Circular Road in Patna, the capital of Bihar, and the developments related to it are most interesting. This is the address where Rabri Devi has been living since 2006 and from where the heartbeats of Lalu family’s politics flow, politics is created and politics is lived. The story of this bungalow is not just that of a house, these walls are also witness to the most dramatic turns, counterattacks and changes of power in Bihar politics. One such time was 25th April 2022… the day which wrote a new history in the politics of Bihar. Nitish Kumar had reached this residence of Rabri Devi on foot to attend the Iftar party that evening. Distance-just 300 meters!
300 meter distance and new script of power!
Is this politics a coincidence or politics of signals?
That walk of Nitish Kumar is still discussed in the corridors of politics and it is said that within a distance of 300 meters there was not just a road, but a message of politics was written. But, time changed and the era also changed, so now the same distance has increased – but why? Today it is again about the same bungalow. But this time the story is the opposite – not about coming closer, but about going away. After the new order of the government, the distance between Nitish Kumar’s official residence and Rabri Devi’s residence will not increase by 300 meters but will now increase by 500 meters and it will become 800 meters. Political experts clearly say that this is not a distance of 500 meters, but an increased political distance.
Notice to vacate the bungalow of Patna 10 Circular Road Rabri Devi, the story of increasing political distance between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav,
Is this just a technical process of housing allotment?
There is a question in the political circles about the bungalow – is this a political signal? Many believe – yes, Rabri Devi’s bungalow, which is not just a bungalow, plans for the return of Lalu Prasad Yadav were made in this bungalow, the foundation of Tejashwi Yadav’s political journey was laid and from this place the relationship with Nitish Kumar kept swinging between warmth, sometimes silence, sometimes hostility and sometimes conflict. And today, the same bungalow is in the news, because now there is a dispute going on over the rights and rules of living there.
…So what is the message now?
People who closely observe the politics of Bihar say that some decisions in politics are not read in files but from a distance. The proximity of 300 meters had once overturned the power. Now what does the distance of 800 meters change – only time will tell. In the end – this is not just a matter of increasing road distance, this is not just a story of distance between two houses, this is a story of political signals, changing equations and that invisible thread that connects and breaks political relationships.
