Bihar village bachelors hope Kamal phool wale Modiji will bring brides for them

New Delhi: A village in Bihar atop Adhaura hills of Kaimur is struggling to find a marriage proposal for its eligible male bachelors since two years due to absence of a motorable road.People here have been toiling hard to cut through rocks for the past five years to make a road.This village seldom see any poll campaign. There are at least 100 bachelors, mostly in the age group 25 to 40, and because they cannot find a bride.A news report published in the national daily, Indian Express has shown the unlikely side of the Indian demography, away from the euphoria of the world's biggest democratic experience, hidden in the midst of Kaimur Hills, these villages give an insight into an India that we seldom see on our television sets.They have heard of “kamal phool wale Modiji (Narendra Modi)” being a bachelor and are resting their hopes on him to complete the road if he comes to power. They often talk in whispers about buying brides from Jharkhand and UP. No man has got married in Badwan for two years. The villagers' most recent memory is of two youths marrying “brides” they claim were “bought from Jharkhand for Rs 6,000 each”.Badwan Kalan and Badwan Khurd have a population of over 5,000, with 1,400 eligible voters. People of the villages under Chainpur assembly segment of Sasaram felt betrayed by the BSP's Ramchandra Yadav, who won the 2005 election after assuring them he would not get married until the road is constructed. He married in 2007 and since then, the villagers have lost faith in politicians.Talks of Modi reach them through youths who go to Bhagwanpur, 15 km away, to read newspapers. Their hopes are rekindled. They had been threatening to boycott the polls. Badwan's booths were shifted to Binobanagar in the plains five years ago. The promise of a road that can bring a “flower-bedecked car reading a poster of shubh vivah” could be the only reason for them to vote.The oldest bachelor of Badwan Kalan is Inder Singh, 68. Ramshankar, Ramchandra and Sarju died bachelors recently after living past 75.The district headquarters of Kaimur is 32 km from the village. Villagers go to Bhagwanpur to get groceries or consult a doctor at the PHC.Vishnu Rat Das, 39, a villager, works in a temple in Baltimore, US. He joined the villagers' cause and is a bachelor. He divides his time between Badwan and Baltimore. Das, who has an artificial leg, is now in Badwan. He is enthusiastic about seeing four-wheelers reaching the hill road villagers have cut through in five years. Two-wheelers traversing the steep, meandering path reach midway through the hills where Badwan villagers are sweating to make the road.Bajrang Singh Yadav, 33, a bachelor from Badwan Khurd, said they would support any politician who completes the road. He said there had been talk about Modiji who is a bachelor. They are pining hope that he will think about bachelors if he comes to power. Former panchayat mukhiya Ram Dayal Singh said there had been no wedding for the past two years and two youths had to pay Rs 6,000 each to get brides from Jharkhand.