In this photo taken Nov. 1, 2010, Bihar state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar displays the indelible mark on his finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Bakhtiyarpur, India. Over past five years, Kumar built roads, fought crime and helped rescue Bihar state from a near-anarchy that had condemned most of its 83 million people to a life of fear and poverty. A six-stage vote in the region long dominated by caste-based politics ends Saturday. Out in the flat, dusty plains of eastern India,
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
