AFTER 'SIR-FAROSH' IT'S SUFFRAGE

Far from the election campaigns and high decibel claims of politi cal parties, the first phase of Bihar polls on Thursday cap tured both the grit of voter and the gaps that successive governments have failed to plug.

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In Darbhanga Kusheshwar Asthan consti tuency, voters braved flooded roads and difficult terrains to cast their votes, many with their children in tow. Behind the frustration lies a deepe pain: the story of migration running like a fault line through the region.