The Janata Dal (U) party managed to win a majority in an alliance alongside the BJP in Bihar last year. Although the result showed a significant erosion in the popularity of state chief Nitish Kumar among voters, he won the support of the majority of female voters in the state due to his women-focused schemes since taking charge.The Nitish Kumar Cabinet has approved two bills, the Bihar Engineering Universities Bill and Bihar Medical Education Bill, to increase the participation of girls in higher education.

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