Not many people in Punjab are happy with Nitish Kumar's victory in the recent Bihar assembly polls. As Bihar politics was re-scripted in November this year, alarm bells rang for two major sectors in Punjab - agriculture and industry - which form the backbone of its economy.
Reports suggest that distress migration from Bihar - which had already receded during Nitish's last term as chief minister - is likely to decline further.
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The prime sectors of Punjab's economy have learnt the lesson that skilled and unskilled hands sustaining them for decades would now head where they have better employment opportunities.
Nitish's second innings has ushered a hope among Bihari migrants to Punjab that there are better prospects back home.
The dividends of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act reaped by people in Bihar during Nitish's last term would continue to give them additional purchasing power.
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