<p>Anil Sharma, a resident of Ghoshi in Jehanabad district, cut off his finger at a temple.<br /><br />"I chopped off a finger and offered it to god as I had vowed I would do so if Nitish Kumar returned to power for a second term," Sharma, who is not well off, told IANS on telephone Thursday.<br /><br />He had done the same when Nitish Kumar came to power in November 2005.<br /><br />This time Sharma said he was impressed by the chief minister's development plank and his pro-people work in the last five years.<br /><br />When asked why he had chopped his finger now, and not a week ago when Nitish Kumar actually emerged the winner, Sharma said his family members had been trying to persuade him against it.<br /><br />Sharma's act has made him a household name in Jehanabad. Some called it sheer madness and others called it a way to express one's happiness.<br /><br />Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has have together got 206 of the 243 seats in the assembly.</p>
<p>Anil Sharma, a resident of Ghoshi in Jehanabad district, cut off his finger at a temple.<br /><br />"I chopped off a finger and offered it to god as I had vowed I would do so if Nitish Kumar returned to power for a second term," Sharma, who is not well off, told IANS on telephone Thursday.<br /><br />He had done the same when Nitish Kumar came to power in November 2005.<br /><br />This time Sharma said he was impressed by the chief minister's development plank and his pro-people work in the last five years.<br /><br />When asked why he had chopped his finger now, and not a week ago when Nitish Kumar actually emerged the winner, Sharma said his family members had been trying to persuade him against it.<br /><br />Sharma's act has made him a household name in Jehanabad. Some called it sheer madness and others called it a way to express one's happiness.<br /><br />Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has have together got 206 of the 243 seats in the assembly.</p>