At a time when many Indians hold their politicians in contempt, Nitish Kumar stands out as an object of veneration.
The chief minister of the northern state of Bihar, Kumar is seen at home and abroad as a miracle worker who has brought the rule of law and economic development to a place long seen as a pit of criminality and suffering. The economy of India's poorest state - where more than half of its 103 million people live in poverty - grew by about 13 per cent last year.
Even Bill Gates and Robert Zoellick, when he was president of the World Bank, came to witness the Bihar miracle up close. Kumar, The Economist effused in January 2010, "has uprooted the Jungle Raj, restoring law and order".
Despite a reputation of personal probity and an apparently bona fide zeal for governance and development, Kumar has long kept silent on one bit of cognitive dissonance. Violent crime may have declined during his tenure, but as a recent political assassination reveals, Bihar's "Mr Clean" is himself surrounded by reputed gangsters. Full story...
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The chief minister of the northern state of Bihar, Kumar is seen at home and abroad as a miracle worker who has brought the rule of law and economic development to a place long seen as a pit of criminality and suffering. The economy of India's poorest state - where more than half of its 103 million people live in poverty - grew by about 13 per cent last year.
Even Bill Gates and Robert Zoellick, when he was president of the World Bank, came to witness the Bihar miracle up close. Kumar, The Economist effused in January 2010, "has uprooted the Jungle Raj, restoring law and order".
Despite a reputation of personal probity and an apparently bona fide zeal for governance and development, Kumar has long kept silent on one bit of cognitive dissonance. Violent crime may have declined during his tenure, but as a recent political assassination reveals, Bihar's "Mr Clean" is himself surrounded by reputed gangsters. Full story...
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