Bill Gate With Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

In a letter to Nitish Kumar, Bill Gates expressed his pleasure, stated that, "On the occasion of India being free of polio for one year, it is truly a pleasure to congratulate you on more than 16 months without a reported case of wild poliovirus in Bihar."

"When I first visited Bihar's polio programme in 2010, I was struck by the sheer scale of the effort and by your administration's keen ability to work synergistically with the World Health Organiszation, UNICEF, Rotary International and your local polio partners to reach some of the most remote and high-risk regions in Bihar. Even activities in the Kosi River region, which undoubtedly present some of the most challenging conditions faced by the global polio programme, were robust," he said.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has lauded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for having no reports of wild poliovirus. Bihar is on its way to make the state a polio free.

"Nitish has brought road, school and electricity here. I have heard people talking a lot about lotus, but Manjhi is asking us to vote for arrow (JD-U's election symbol)," said Santosh Rajvanshi, who is in his mid-20s and has travelled across the district because of his part-time driving job.