"The RJD, Congress, and Samajwadi Party are frustrated by their election defeat and are making irresponsible statements," Ansari told ANI, suggesting the RJD and its allies are struggling to accept their electoral setback.
Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as the leader of the Janata Dal (United) legislature party in the meeting held at his residence in Patna on Wednesday.
Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi asserted that the opposition should accept that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will once again take the position, further underlining that they blame the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as an excuse to cover their defeat.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) held a meeting on Monday to evaluate the party's poor performance in the Bihar Assembly election, which saw the Mahagathbandhan fold at 35 seats, with the RJD winning 25 of them.
BJD leader Snehangini Chhuria alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a massive mandate in the Nuapada by-election through "booth-rigging. She urged people to come out and protest, saying that the officials would not take action.
"Finding fault with every issue, blaming EVMs, and blaming officials. If they spent as much time on their own assessment as they do on finding fault, then Congress and RJD would likely achieve something better. No Bihari tolerates personal comments that go below the limits. The 'Mahagathb
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the NDA's strong lead in Bihar shows that voters have endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development model. He claimed the alliance is set to cross 200 seats, adding that the public rejected the opposition's allegations on EVMs and embraced positiv
"Even before the elections began, it was said that JD(U) would win around 80 seats. This became possible due to the charismatic leadership of Nitish Kumar. RJD+ sometimes says that they will score a bumper victory in Bihar, but when the results come, they say that the Election Commission
The counting for the Bihar polls across 243 constituencies began at 8 am under tight security arrangements. The postal ballot counting started first which will be followed by EVM counting at 8:30 am.
"Zero repolls in Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025 • No re-polls requested by 2,616 candidates • No re-polls requested by 12 recognised political parties," the EC said in the note.
Rohtas District Magistrate Udita Singh on Thursday refuted the Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) claim of administration "sneaking" Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) inside a counting centre without any prior notice, saying that the truck instead carried empty steel boxes.