At the end of the day, the chief minister said, it will not matter much if the government survived the trust vote. "Elections in normal course will be held in April. If the government lost the trust vote, poll will be held in four months. It is not a big deal, for the electorate in any case will have to give its verdict in the near future. But one thing is clear, the UPA government has already lost its dignity and prestige in the eyes of the people," he said.

Replying to a query on Ms Mayawati who was now being projected as the prime ministerial candidate, the chief minister said he was not that competent to comment on such issues. "I am not a high ranking politician. I am a small man, a poor chief minister of a poor state," he quipped.

At the same time he lashed out at the Centre for the `controversy it had created' in the name of nuclear deal, perhaps creating an impression that the country will become an power surplus nation once the nuke deal was formalised. "Nothing could be farcical than this. In case of Bihar which could have easily become an ethanol hub like Brazil, the Centre has imposed riders so that ethanol units are not set up in the state," he alleged.

Ethanol can be a viable source of bio fuel energy and Bihar was best positioned to become an ethanol hub. But sadly, the Centre was putting obstacles against Bihar becoming an ethanol hub," he alleged.