Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said the decision of the merger has already been taken and there was no question of going back on it.
Though the list of superstitious beliefs is long, often dissolving distinctions of class, caste, religion and education, Karnataka's anti-superstition bill is seen as a big step ahead.
The final figure of polling could increase and it will be available on Tuesday, officials said.
How many of these have aged well?
The results for the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tripura were announced on Tuesday.
Maharashtra registered over 64 per cent voter turnout while a record 76 pc polling in Haryana, which witnessed stray incidents of violence, in the first eight hours of polling on Wednesday in the riveting contest to elect assemblies in the two states.
'Hinduism is not a religion, but a way of life, a philosophy.'
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