Nitish Raj: Slow Work In Progress

How does

Nitish Kumar

score on Bihar’s economy as the state heads to polls early Nov? Much better than his two predecessors, Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi. Admittedly, a modest benchmark and too far back in history for voters to care.
Most young voters probably do not know that Lalu’s seven years as chief minister, from 1990 to 1997, left the average Bihar resident 10% poorer. The erosion in state’s economy stopped in Rabri Devi’s seven years, when Lalu was in prison for corruption, but economic growth in the state remained much below the national average.