ihar leaders missharkhand crisishe strong political link between Bihar and Jharkhand seems to have weakened of late. arlier, leaders of Bihar — cutting across political lines — used to surface in Ranchi whenever there was a political crisis in Jharkhand. When there was an attempt to form a government in Bihar after the February 2005 elections threw up a hung Assembly, as many as 15 MLAs of the LJP were sent to Jharkhand for safety. When the Arjun Munda government collapsed recently, political observers in Ranchi were surprised to find Bihari politicians missing from the scene. “Politicians of Bihar must be tired of so many political crisis in Jharkhand,” said a former MLA of the BJP. He said politicians of Jharkhand had learnt all the tricks of the trade in crisis management. “Bihar politicians have nothing to teach them on how to create a crisis and how to stall all the solutions,” he said, pointing out that Jharkhand is the only state to have an Independent MLA as the chief minister within a span of 12 years.onely ightJD chief Lalu Prasad will file his nomination papers for the post of national president of the party on November 12. “Of course, he will be the only candidate to file the nomination papers for the post. Who will dare to file a nomination against him?” asked a former minister of the RJD, stressing that the formal announcement of his election will be made on November 20 at the national executive meet of the party. The RJD leaders privately concede that had the Election Commission not made it mandatory for political parties to hold organisational elections, Lalu would not have bothered to observe this formality. “But why only the RJD? Even the JD(U) and the BJP have dropped hints that their state presidents would be nominated and not elected. Only a single candidate would file nomination for the post of the state party chief. It has become an all-party phenomenon,” said an RJD MLA.ough oad high-profile journalist lobbied for a rural road of 1.5km leading to his village in Bhagalpur district. He got the project and the budget approved from the department and the contract was awarded to a local contractor. The journalist was happy that his village would be connected with an all-weather road soon. He was in for a shock when he learnt that the work on the road had been stalled because the contract was not given to an influential BJP leader of Bhagalpur. The politician contacted the department’s minister, who asked his official to get the work cancelled. An official of the department is pressurising the contractor to surrender the work. “If this how the construction of roads is carried out, one can imagine the fate of the Rs 24,000-crore plan of connecting all villages in Bihar in the next five years,” said an official of the department.idden cost of educationdmission in nursery and pre-nursery sections has started. A seasoned parent advised a man gearing up to get his two-year old son admitted to the play section about the hidden cost. “The school asked for Rs 9,000 during admission. Six months later, its officials sent me another bill of Rs 9,000 for re-admission as my ward was promoted from pre nursery to nursery. Three months on, they sent me another bill of Rs 12,000 as development cost,” the seasoned man told his friend.