Much has been said and written about how the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is transforming Bihar, one of India's most backward states. As a result, a lot of grass-root level changes are visible in that state. Better roads, better investment in primary education (50% of the state's budget has been spent on education in the last 5 years !), de-criminalization of politics, reverse brain drain to name a few.
The assembly elections juggernaut gets underway in Bihar this week. On the face of it, Nitish Kumar should be a shoo-in.
But the Indian electorate has a notorious reputation of not being appreciative enough of incumbent progressive CMs. So, to me the assembly elections that gets underway in Bihar this week is a very important barometer of the maturity levels of Bihar's electorate. I'm very curious to know how the common man will respond. Will he opt for the forward looking, progressive Nitish Kumar or will he go back to Laloo Prasad and his regressive caste politics ? For, these two gentlemen are the frontrunners for the CM position.
I'm going to follow the Bihar polls very closely indeed.
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