Cut The Clutter: Bihar’s Nitish & Paswan, why one is the most successful gymnast of Indian politics & other the weathercock

Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has quit the Bihar alliance with JD(U) and BJP led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and has decided to fight the elections independently. But only against Nitish Kumar. It continues to be part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre. In episode 586 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta traces the remarkable trajectories of Ram Vilas Paswan and Nitish Kumar, and the art of using political leverage.