Patna, Nov. 6 -- As the first phase of Bihar assembly elections commenced on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Bankipur candidate and state minister Nitin Nabin urged people to "create a record by voting in maximum numbers" today,

"I just want to say that people of Patna to come out of their houses and cast their votes. I was the first to cast a vote at my polling booth. The people of Patna should create a record by casting maximum votes. You should vote first then do jaalpaan (refreshments). People should make a record by voting in large numbers across Bihar," state minister Nitin Nabin told reporters here.

The state minister cast his vote early in the morning on Thursday, along with his wife Deepamala Shrivastava at polling sta...