Number cropper

How is the number of a polling booth related to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment headed by Meira Kumar? Well, without it a voter from the Congress leader8217;s constituency, Sasaram in Bihar, cannot hope to meet the minister and plead for help. Recently a young chap who had come all the way from Sasaram to Delhi to meet the minister was flabbergasted when the minister8217;s aide asked him the number of the booth where he casts his vote. 8220;I have never voted. I am less than 18,8221; he mumbled. 8220;You don8217;t look underage,8221; observed the aide. 8220;Anyway, without the booth number you can8217;t meet the minister.8221; There was a typically Bihar solution to the whole problem, however. 8220;State any number. Is he going to check it?8221; said someone there. Well, this is one poll booth strategy that may not work any longer.