The political stature of Raj Thackeray: Raj Thackeray’s political stature is diminishing day by day following his expulsion from the Bal Thackeray’s stable in Maharashtra politics. Even in the last elections for the Mumbai Corporation, Raj’s political group failed to make a significant headway.

The political stature of another maverick Lalu Prasad Yadav: Far away in Bihar, the Bihari maverick politician Lalu Prasad Yadav has failed grandly and gravely to check the increasing erosion of his political base. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, though handicapped as head of a coalition government, has succeeded in drawing back the derailed administration to the rails and restoring the rule of law and order in Bihar, which once upon a time seemed to be a lost case beyond redemption.

Conspiracy to befool the gullible Indians: Both the discredited politicians are sailing in the same boat. They urgently required a plank to salvage their declining political graph. Therefore, they hatched a conspiracy to fool the Indian public, in particular residents of Bihar or those who hail from Bihar. And these gullible victims, highly susceptible to the dirty political game to divide the country on regional lines, easily fell in line.

Media in League with them: The eager media, print as well as electronic, readily provided a ready forum to them to ventilate their venom. After all, they too have to sell themselves. The Congress party, at the helm of affairs in Maharashtra and in Centre, where Lalu Prasad Yadav is a cabinet minister remained callous to such unholy alliance between two discredited politicians. Rather, it extended covert support to Raj in Maharashtra in a bid to tame his uncle Bal Thackerey.

Who is the loser?: Can anyone justify the reiterated call of Raj to challenge Lalu Prasad Yadav and Biharis to observe Chhath Puja which is about six months ahead. Chhath Pooja is observed around Deepawali. Who is the loser? The common man, the country. Unfortunate is the development that even the intelligent Biharis too have started playing to the game as per the gameplan by joining war of words with Raj.