october in nalanda but i will end up voting for him again he seems to be suggesting that the lalus socalled jungle raj affected the upper classcaste not the underclass on an average tourism officials say 2000 sightseers turn up every day to soak in and savor the spectacular ruins of the ancient nalanda centre for buddhist learning but he also admits to being an exception to the rule they talk of bihars development during his rule even while admitting that he slipped badly in the past two years when you listen to lalus election speeches you find his language has not changed primary school teacher ashok saxena a koeri by caste belongs to the school of thought it seems nitish and lalu are synergizing each other but why not the bjp which promises to herald change in any case they didnt hurt people like us says rajak once you add those votes to what any nitish a kurmi himself candidate can garner in a kurmidominated constituency the arithmetic works overwhelmingly in jd us favour he gave us samman respect the confidence to sit before the upper caste ravi is particularly miffed with current jd u mla shrawan kumar a kurmi by caste elected on four occasions in 2010 when jd u and rjd contested separately in nalanda lalus party polled over 37000 votes to finish second thats something one heard even in bhojpur district nalanda is hard country for the bjp upendra kushwaha the states premier koeri leader is in alliance with the bjp but speaking to villagers one gathers that brand nitish remains unsullied even after his association with rjd whose 15yearreign 19902005 saw a collapse of public infrastructure and a downward spiral of law and order on the contrary so many cms and bureaucrats have come and gone but nobody has created anything that would provide jobs to as many the clarifications havent helped tourist guide rajiv sharma name changed on request says he would have voted for nitish had he not joined hands with rjd and the narendra modi magic so decisive in the lok sabha polls last year is missing