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
Paswan needed support of either of these two communities for victory but in 2009, both these castes refused to back Paswan for different reasons that resulted in Paswan's humiliating loss.
