Nitish thanks people of Bihar Chief Minister has thanked the people of Bihar in showing enormous faith in him. Adressing the media he said that, “the Bihar election has written a new story and people has voted for the development”. Emphasising that development had won in Bihar, Nitish Kumar said the people wanted to put the state on the path of progress. He also pointed out that this election had seen women voters come out in a big way. He described his victory as a victory of the people of Bihar. “It is a big challenge,” he said, adding that the work had just begun and lot more... 

The Key voting themes of  Bihar 2010 Patna: Five key themes dominated the recently concluded election in Bihar. The  overall voter turnout was 52.4% , up from the 46.8% in the last Assembly elections. Voters defied Naxal threats, crossed rivers by engaging private boats and hired tongas in the absence of normal transport to cast their vote in this election, says journalist Santosh Singh. Higher turnout of women, EBCs, SCs : Women voters turned up in more numbers as is  evident from the Election Commission figures : 54.8% turnout of women against 50.7% in the case of men. In all six phases,...