00:00I want to give you my take.
00:02Prashant Kishore's victory in Bakipur is far bigger than the result of a single by-election.
00:07It is a reminder that even the strongest political bastions can crumble
00:12when parties begin to take their voters for granted.
00:15The significance of this result lies not so much in Kishore creating an entirely new social coalition,
00:21but in his ability to break existing ones.
00:24Sections of the Muslim voters appear to have drifted away from the RJD,
00:27while a large section of upper caste voters have moved away from the BJP.
00:32That is a political earthquake in a state like Bihar
00:35in a constituency recently represented by the BJP's national president
00:39and seen for long as a BJP citadel.
00:42For the BJP, it is a warning that organizational strength alone cannot guarantee loyalty.
00:48For the RJD, it raises uncomfortable questions
00:51about whether it can still claim to be the principal challenger in Bihar.
00:56The biggest lesson though, in a democracy, no vote is permanently owned,
01:01especially that of the young and wrestlers and wrestlers.
01:06It's the younger demographic who seems to have formed a core of PK's support base.
01:12Net-net, the moment political parties begin to take their supporters for granted,
01:17the voter has a way of reminding them who the real boss is.
01:21Janata Jananthan.
01:23Janata Jananthan.
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