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Sunday to Friday, this week, the historical Gandhi Maidan at Patna witnessed two mammoth rallies in a row both created history in terms of head count. Though the Nitish's Adhikar Rally got his power backup, but the crowd can not be enforced in such big fashion. The denigrating commentary follows the Rally got flaked by intellectuals and media, blamed for misuse of government machinaries.
"Parivartan Rally" or "Rally for a change" has been organised by CPI(ML) in Gandhi Maidan on Friday. AISA and other supporter group helps it. Top comrades from the "Red Flag Party" along with party Gen Sec. Dipankar Bhatacharya were on the dais. JNU Student Union Gen Secretary Shakil Anjum who hails from Araria in Bihar addressed in a quite balanced tone blaming both the Laloo and its successor Nitish to hoax the people of Bihar. He appealed the students community to get together and come ahead on the political dais to change the system.
On october 9 that happens to be a weekday (unlike that of adhikar rally on sunday) hundreds of thousands of supporters were sneaked in the Gandhi Maidan since early on morning at their own pace and by 2pm in the noon, there were not enough space to foot-in the Gandhi Maidan. An amazing participation of rural women coming along with children from Araria, Buxar, Kaimur, Katihar, Ara, Sasaram etc. made the rally a successful one. Even the media which was not giving the CPI significance earlier, shocked to witnessed the crowd. May it not be an earmark for losers and the winners in elections but as in democracy, "throng of people" better called as "Crowd" is the minimum baseline that is required to generate the critical vote-share. No party has won without people on the streets. Elections are won on the ground and hence you need people on the ground.
Supporters and workers of incumbent JDU in Bihar, must have shocked who pat their shoulders themselves for congregating a handsome crowd for Adhikar Rally on Nov. 4th. Though it is not needed to be a matter of statistics to say that JDU rally last Sunday surpassed all records in terms of head count, but as money, muscles and machinary were shoved in to brought the crowd it remains not a big thing to script.
Waves and swings that psephologists predict are extensions of these crowds; one may be wrong in judging the invisible waves when the baselines are so close, but one never goes wrong in not sensing a wave when there are no people on the streets. Laloo worked on it and a experienced one. Now the Comrades proven themselves. The CPI(ML) rally significantly underscores the silent bubbling erupting out of a failing administrative steam in Bihar. It is remarkable here that the CPI(ML) rally were non-de-script in the media and not even a dozen hoardings were witnessed in the state capital contrary to the Nitish rally which smogged the city altogether. This is a bell definately not a jingle one for man in power in Bihar.
