While Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has been a two-time Chief Minister of Bihar, his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav are finding it difficult to hold their ground in the 2025 Assembly elections.
He dismissed AIMIM's criticism of being the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'B team'. Pathan argued that his party's lead in a few seats in the Bihar assembly election results was a "huge boost" and expressed hope for winning in at least seven constituencies.
BJP workers bring a chariot with PM Modi's face on it in Patna, with one worker saying, "Dhairya rakho mere bhagwan Modi par." The party workers also exchanged seats in Patna and danced, sang, and celebrated the NDA's massive success in Bihar.
Uttar Pradesh minister Anil Kumar on Friday said that the NDA touching the 200-seat mark in the Bihar election is a "victory of the people," crediting voters for supporting two decades of development.
Amid Congress' dismal performance in the Bihar elections, MP Digvijaya Singh on Friday urged the party to pay "special attention" to its organisation at the booth level, instead of public meetings.
BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Arun Singh said on Friday that the double-engine government under Prime Minister Modi and Nitish Kumar is set to return to power in Bihar.
The NDA is leading in Bihar, with Nitish Kumar and PM Modi's popularity driving the surge. They're poised to break the 2010 record, when the NDA won 206 seats.
He termed the SIR as an "electoral conspiracy", asserting that after Bihar, it won't be possible in other states, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh or any other state.
As NDA continues its comfortable lead and crosses the majority mark of 122, BJP MP Deepak Prakash hailed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying "Tiger abhi zinda hai (Tiger who still has the power)."
"181 seats out of 243 where the NDA candidates are leading as of now, and it seems this could change for the better. Thank you very much to the people of Bihar and India for their faith in PM Modi's leadership, and that of the National Democratic Alliance, our leader, Nitish Kumar, the Ch