In the just concluded local elections in Bihar votes have been sold for Rs 100 each.
Like in national elections if you ask a villager whom he will vote for he will invariably tell you, "Whichever way the village votes, my vote will also go that way. "
And in state elections if you talk to the Bihar voter he will be supercharged about his caste differentiating even between kurmi and koeri, but he will caste his vote.
Even after Election Commission claims of curbing expenses, one expense is taking a procession from village to village.
And no the people in the procession are not necessarily supporters or party workers, they are paid labour.
In the local election a husband was paid Rs 500 per day while his wife was paid Rs 250 to walk with a flag for 20 kms.
The problem arose when the wifey asked the husband to vote for the typewriter !
The husband said why should I vote for typewriter, I will vote for kabootar only (pigeon)!
They had both campaigned for two different candidates.
A near divorce.....
