Bihar had never been governed well, Nitish had given a semblance of good governance and he has won

Times are changing. The Yadav magic is not shining anymore in Bihar. Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party had to bite the dust in the Assembly elections in Bihar, where Nitish Kumar of Janata Dal(U) and ally BJP are coming back to power. He would be sworn in Chief Minister on Friday.

One could see the good governance of Nitish Kumar at the Centre as Railway Minister. He had strengthened the kitty of the railways where a separate security fund was created for maintenance and renovation of old infrastructure.

When Lalu Prasad Yadav became the Railway Minister he presented himself as a great minister pointing to the robust financial health of the railways. In fact, he had scrapped the security fund which was merged with the general fund. Congress Party had to just look askance at the gaffe of Lalu for coalition compulsions.

Anyway Nitish Kumar had shown his mettle. And now he ruled Bihar with confidence and conviction. Lalu Yadav had earlier trumpeted that his people are poor, they don’t need good roads for vehicles to ply on . When floods ravaged the state, he had said people would welcome it as they could easily catch fish and eat it.

Such wide-mouthing would not carry the day always. If the Nitish Kumar way of development is continued, the state may go in for better times.

Congress has no efficient local leaders there. And so it could not reap better results.