In which The Telegraph speaks to a resident who voted in 1990, which ushered in the Lalu era in Bihar, and is about to vote again now in 2015, when the Narendra Modi-powered BJP is trying to topple the Lalu-Nitish regime

♦ Name: Makkhan Sahni

♦ Age: 55

♦ Place: Morwa, Samastipur

♦ Constituency: Morwa

♦ Occupation now: Tobacco vendor

♦ Profession in 1990: Fisherman

♦ Did you vote in 1990?

Yes (voted Lalu Prasad)

♦ What is the single biggest change that has taken place since 1990?

Cellphones have come, everybody seems to have them, but I do not. What use is it for a man like me?

♦ What is one issue you would like to change now?

If something could be done about unemployment, all three of my sons have no jobs, they are awaras (layabouts). Someone should give the young right direction

♦ What do you want from the new government?

Vikas

♦ What you don't want from the new government?

Bas samaaj mein aman-chain rahe (There should be social peace)