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Ek Bihari Sab Pe Bhari

"One man with courage makes a majority"- Andrew Jackson.  So does nitish!!! Nothing could be more heartening for a man living in the world's largest democracy to see  developemental issues win over casteism and petty politics in Bihar.It reaffirms one's belief  in democracy and in the cliched expression that ballot is more powerful than the bullet. Bihar,as a state had long been marred by myriad problems such as casteism, corruption at all  levels, a widely underdeveloped infrastructure & even natural disasters like floods.The only  industries that seemed to flourish during the past two decades had been those of extortion , kidnapping and mass massacres in the name of proving caste superiority. Every single representative sitting in the legislative assembly did seem to be struck by the lure of  corruption. The MLA's competed among themselves to amass as much wealth as they could in every single way possible. But then a king is a king and here also the king, th...