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Women voters continue to provide Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with the most political support twenty years after he introduced programs for their empowerment, and they have once again shown up in force at his campaign rallies in the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands of women walked from neighboring villages to listen to the Janata Dal (United) leader speak at a rally in Rachiyahi hamlet in the Matihani constituency in Begusarai on Thursday. Women outnumbered men at the event, according to witnesses, and several called the attendance “spontaneous.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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