Lok Sabha 2024: Bihar village, trapped by Kosi river, set for poll boycott hattrick

In Bihar, Khokhanaha village in Supaul's Kodi region is going to boycott the Lok Sabha elections. Over the years, villagers have borne the brunt of the Kosi River that cut through their village, and while in spate sweeps numerous households and farms. Due to this, the village now exists on an island between two streams of the Kosi.

For the basic necessities, the villagers travel five kilometres to Supaul but that takes them an entire day to visit the town. Residents of the village that has 300 houses say that the government has done nothing for them.

A villager told The Indian Express, "Our state is worse than nomads… they also stay in one place for a couple of years. We become homeless every year. After the government did not do anything to help us, we decided to boycott polls, but nothing happened even after that."

The villagers had also boycotted the polls 2019 general assembly elections and the state election a year later. Voting in Supaul is scheduled for May 7.

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