In March, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar turned 75. His colleague Ashok Choudhary, a senior minister and JD(U) loyalist, insisted on pageantry: 75 kg of laddus offered at Patna’s Hanuman temple, 75 pigeons released, and 75 balloons flown into the sky. But no one perfected birthday politics like Mayawati. Narasimha Rao called her the “miracle of democracy” when she became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said: “You saw Maharashtra’s heart during Assembly elections.