He said the people, whether young or old, men or women, farmers, labourers, middle-aged, professionals and traders, all queued up before polling stations despite challenging weather conditions in all phases to express their faith in democracy. “If we compare this election with the last Lok Sabha polls, the turnout this time was double and I give the credit for this to the direct interaction the administration had with the people at their doorsteps (during back to village programme) to address their problems,” Sinha said. He said his administration worked over the past four months to implement the 73rd and 74th amendment of the Constitution to address the shortcomings hampering the strengthening of the Panchayati Raj System.