UK based woman Pushpam Priya Choudhary has crated ripples by announcing herself to run for the “Chief Ministerial candidate” for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. She announced about her party – Plurals, in a full-page advertisements in different newspapers in Bihar. “Bihar needs pace, Bihar needs wings, Bihar needs change. Because Bihar deserves better and better is possible. Reject bullshit politics, join Plurals to make Bihar run and fly in 2020,” a Twitter account purportedly belonging to Choudhary wrote.
Bihar needs pace, Bihar needs wings, Bihar needs change. Because Bihar deserves better and better is possible. Reject bullshit politics, join Plurals to make Bihar run and fly in 2020. #PluralsHasArrived #ProgressiveBihar2020 pic.twitter.com/GiQU00oiJv
— Pushpam Priya Choudhary (@pushpampc13) March 8, 2020
Pushpam is the daughter of former Janata Dal United MLC Vinod Chaudhary. While the BJP-Janata Dal-United alliance would project incumbent Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate, the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and it allies will field Tejashwi Yadav, the son of jailed party chief Lalu Prasad. The entry of Pushpam has added a new dimension to the state politics. However, not all are impressed. Senior JD-U leader Afzal Abbas scoffed at the development, saying no one becomes a leader by issuing newspaper advertisements. To become a leader, he pointed out, one has to go and work among the masses.
“However, we have democracy in the country. Anyone can declare himself or herself as the chief ministerial candidate. Ultimately, it is the people who decide who is their leader. It is just an attempt at getting one’s name in print in newspapers,” he remarked.
He said that the development need not be taken seriously and there would be no effect on Bihar politics as such. As per Pushpam’s Twitter handle, she is a postgraduate in public administration from London School of Economics and Political Science as well in developmental studies from University of Susex.
