'HERSTORY' SCRIPTS NDA SUCCESS, PROVES TO BE A REAL GAME-CHANGER

WOMEN voters have emerged a decisive factor behind the National Democratic Alliance’s landslide victory in Bihar, adding to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s long cultivated image as the champion of women’s empowerment in the state.

- PREETHA NAIR @New Delhi

One of the game changer in the election is said to be the pre-festive announcement of a ten thousand rupee direct cash transfer for every woman—benefiting nearly twenty five lakh women—offered immediate financial relief and expanded household liquidity. The Lakhpati Didi programme, aimed at helping women earn at least one lakh rupees per year through entrepreneurship, further boosted confidence among first time and low-income women voters.