dear mr param, bihar and up were ruled by brahmins/thakurs, such as mishras and tripathis till lalu and mulayam took over after 1990s till then it these two states were mosr backward of all bimaru states where these germs called brahmins r found in plenty, after mulayam and lalu took over they are still backward bcause the rot perpetuated by the earlier brahmin rulers is yet to b cleaned. if lalu is a dud then why IIM ahmedabad is learning from him how he made the railway coffers rich by over 10000/- crores. cntd..