When 'New-age Draupadi' walked out with the winner

“ Ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)."

The above words are of a woman from Teldiha village of Bihar's Banka district in India who lost herself away in a game of dice to a villager on Dussehra day.The 25-year-old woman was taken by the victor to his house from where she was 'rescued' and restored to her husband two days later after fellow villagers intervened.

In Mahabharat, Pandavas gambled away their wife Draupadi to Kauravas but this moderen day Draupadi, has been a regular visitor to the Jua Mela or gambling fair organised here during Dussehra. She always won "handsome amounts". This year too, she won Rs 1,400 during the initial one-hour game. Then her luck ran out and she ended up losing even her principal — Rs 700. "In exasperation, she yelled, “ ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)." Read more..............................'New-age Draupadi' walks out with winner

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Toss decides winners in Bihar election

In a rare & bizzarre instance of its kind, winners were decided in two Bihar civic body wards by toss of coin after four candidates polled the same number of votes.

This unusual method was resorted to after two candidates each finished at par in Motihari and Chapra, Election Commission official Raghuvansh Kumar Sinha said here.

Motihari is the headquarters of East Champaran district bordering Nepal, 200 km from Patna. Chapra in Saran district is located 150 km from Patna.

Sinha said a total of 2,864 wards saw elections across the state. He added that the contestants in the two places where coins were tossed to decide the winner accepted the outcome.

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