New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The rhetoric of "Jungle Raj" has taken center stage in the run-up to the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. In rally after rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the term "Jungle Raj" the central rhetorical anchor of the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) campaign.

This phrase, originally coined to describe the period of perceived lawlessness and administrative collapse during the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) rule (1990-2005), is employed not merely as a historical reference but as a potent political weapon to frame the choice before the electorate. The strategy is clear: to leverage voter memory and fear of regression against the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. The opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), on the othe...