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Ram Vilas Paswan's village still in lantern age

Khagaria, Bihar: Believe it or not, there is no electricity in Lok Janshakti Party's chief Ram Vilas Paswan's native village. Although Paswan is rubbing shoulders with BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, his native village

IANS Updated on: April 28, 2014 16:17 IST

"Alauli did not see much of development during Paras's tenure as a legislator," said Sada, a school teacher.

It is not only Alauli, but people of nearly 50 of 129 panchayats in Khagaria are living without electricity.

Jainarain Yadav, a resident of Alauli, said people have become habituated to living without electricity.

A district official told IANS that there are dozens of villages in Khagaria where people await electricity connections.

Nitish Kumar, while campaigning in support of his JD-U candidate and sitting MP from Khagaria, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, had taunted Lalu Prasad for trying to tackle darkness with his lantern (RJD's election symbol), while noting the availability of power in the state has gone up from 700 MW in 2005 to 2,400 MW in 2014.

Janata Dal-United leaders hope that the construction of a new power grid at Haripur in Alauli will help them garner votes in the election season.

The party is also hopeful to get the support of a section of Yadavs, a major chunk of Mahadalits and extreme backward castes.

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