Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday lauded the people of Bihar for "putting a stamp of approval" on the development work carried out by the NDA government.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday hailed the NDA's victory in the Bihar Assembly elections as "historic" and said it reflects the people's trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha won the Lakhisarai Assembly seat with 1,22,408 votes, defeating Congress candidate Amaresh Kumar by 24,940 votes. This marks his fourth consecutive victory from the constituency.
Independent MP Pappu Yadav said he respects the people's verdict in Bihar but raised concerns over employment and asked whether the results truly reflect the public mandate. He also said Nitish Kumar's views do not align with the BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that NDA's sweeping victory in Bihar has paved the way for BJP's victory in assembly polls next year and asserted that the party will end "jungle raj" in the state.
Meanwhile, according to the Election Commission, as of now, the NDA has secured the majority mark of 122 seats, winning 197 seats. The BJP has won 88 seats. The JDU has won 82, LJP (RV) has won 18, RLM has won 4, and HAM has won 5.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday thanked voters of Seemanchal after the party won five seats in the Bihar Assembly elections, saying the mandate reaffirmed the party's decade-long grassroots presence in the region.
Senior Congress leader Mumtaz Patel on Thursday stated the party's internal functioning while reacting to the Mahagathbandhan's poor performance in the Bihar Assembly elections, alleging that decision-making power remains concentrated in the hands of a few leaders and grassroots workers a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Bihar election has strengthened people's trust in the Election Commission as he backed the exercise of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted in different states of the country by the Election Commission, statin
Maithili Thakur (25), who made her political debut in this assembly election, secured 84,915 votes and defeated RJD's veteran leader Binod Mishra (63), who got only 73,185 votes.
Sanjay Kumar Singh won decisively with 87,641 votes, defeating RJD candidate Mukesh Kumar Raushan, who secured 42,644 votes, while Tej Pratap Yadav managed only 35,703 votes, losing to the winner by a staggering 51,938 votes.