Little sign of anti-incumbency or voter fatigue, why Nitish Kumar endures in Bihar

MUZAFFARPUR: While predicting the outcome of elections is tricky, one trend stands out across constituencies in Bihar - there is little sign of anger or voter fatigue with Nitish Kumar's two decades in office. This is true even among sections of Muslims, a community traditionally opposed to BJP, the CM's primary ally in the state. "Although I will vote for RJD, you won't find people speaking against Nitish even after four full terms," said Sabbu Mirza at Madarsa Chawk in Muzaffarpur's Kurhani constituency. "Nitish is not the leader of one caste. He has a mass base and that is his appeal," said his uncle Muhammad Amanullah, who is also a JD(U) post-holder at panchayat level. Numerically, Nitish's caste, Kurmis are around 3% of the state's population, much smaller than the over 14% Yadav