motihari the chairman of the jdus parliamentary board upendra kushwaha said on monday that education and mass awareness were necessary to control bihars populationas part of a yatra that the former union minister began from valmikinagar in west champaran on saturday he reached east champaran on sunday night and met the locals as well as the jdu workers on mondaytalking to reporters kushwaha said the state government had taken many steps to educate the people in rural areas and improve their health we have vowed to strengthen the party at the grassroots level by implementing social justice he added kushwaha denied that the jdus popularity had decreased and claimed the bjp may be a big political party but nitish kumar is the biggest leaderhe added the nitish kumarled government has implemented several welfare schemes for the welfare of the mahadalits weaker sections women girls children migrant workers minorities and students