New Delhi: It was in 2002 that Ram Vilas Paswan had resigned from the Vajpayee government in the aftermath of Gujarat riots. He had jettisoned the NDA accusing BJP of playing communal politics. He was
Neither Paswan nor Nitish had that kind of vote bank following them. Paswan tried to compensate it through a combination of forward castes, Muslims and Dalits but failed miserably in his endeavor.
