Nitish Kumar readies for seminal role | ummid.com
If the latter had not let Bihar run to seed, Nitish Kumar would have remained a bit player if only because his primary base of support, the Kurmis, the caste group to which he belongs, is the smallest of the three major backward castes - Yadavs (making up 13 percent of Bihar's population), Koeris (5 percent) and Kurmis (2.5 percent).
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