Hope for Bihar : Nitish/Lalu

Lot of people only know Lalu. (rest everywhere else it was paaani kam)

Lalu has his charisma, and he with his rustic Angrezi has taken classes in IIM too for his good work in Railways, of course it was he who started the tea in a earthenware concept. (use and throw and this was totally green concept - no plastics - i loved it ). It was he who did a lot of what Railways is now. (Remember the railway reservation lines and the waiting .... and quotas that existed beforehand). Railway was loss making but he turned it around. and that too when there was competition from Air Deccan. 500 Rs tickets from Delhi to Mumbai anyone ??

I wanted to read the book that was written about how Lalu turned railways from lossmaking to profit making. and then

I got a chance to talk to a railway officer of some good repute about how Lalu did it ALL.

To my dismay he was totally indifferent to my opinion about Lalu. and instead was singing praises of Nitish Kumar's good work. He gave me examples of how the railway exam was totally cooked. ( Students would not mark a single answer on the answer sheet which would get automagically filled in by the time it reaches evaluation. and guess what FULL MARKS). Of course a lot of palms were greased. He talked about how HUGE ghotala was done about tonnes of iron and steel that is always omnipresent in Railways Godowns. He talked about private railway couches and railway lines loopholes being opened for pvt sector companies own godowns.

In each of these fronts he praised the good work of Nitish for the railways and he wished him best of luck in his works. I would love to know more about Nitish and the good work he is doing. Today's news brings a lot of hope for Bihar and its people who have been denied even basic form of security since a very very long time.