Ghost of the past
As Bihar went to polls twice this year, the chorus of 'remove Lalu, make way for development' had reached a crescendo. The champion of the downtrodden was appealing to the masses to give him one more chance.
Just one example is enough to highlight what Lalu's era did to Bihar.
When Lalu found a groom for his daughter Rohini in Hichhan Bigha, the sleepy Bihar hamlet was transformed overnight, with power lines, telephone connections, new roads, water pumps.
After a year, all of it had disappeared, but for the cemented track that connected the village to the main highway. The cemented track was the only memory left of what the Lalu could have achieved, had he wanted to.
Now, out of office, perhaps he could find the time to mull over how, and where, he went wrong.
Image: Lalu Yadav with his family during the wedding of his first daughter
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