Chacha-bhatija Season

On November 9, as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar held Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav in a tight hug at a state event, he appealed to all present to wish the deputy CM on his birthday. With “chacha–bhatija” bonhomie being the flavour of the season, rapprochement seems to be on the cards for another duo—the estranged Pashupati Kumar Paras and Chirag Paswan, both claimants to the late Ram Vilas Paswan’s legacy. Especially as Chirag is now back in the BJP’s good books and uncle Paras is in the cabinet.