Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday congratulated Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar on securing a decisive victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, while also commending RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for what he described as a "tireless and spirited campaign."
The National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) "tsunami" swept off the opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar with the BJP emerging as the single-largest party with 89 seats and the Janata-Dal (United) finishing a close second with 85, and the other allies of the ruling coalition also registering
As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a thumping victory in the Bihar Assembly polls, Nitish Kumar is projected to get a fifth term as Chief Minister of Bihar.
Amid the battering, there is some consolation for the RJD as its leader and Mahagathbandhan's Chief Ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, is now leading from Raghopur by over 11,000 votes. He was earlier trailing in the seat.
"SIR wasn't an issue at all. They should be aware of the ground reality. The people of Bihar have rejected them, and they have created such a face in Bihar that they were bound to be rejected by the people of Bihar," Kushwaha said.
A mix of organisational lapses, a stagnant caste coalition, the persistence of the "Jungle Raj" narrative, and Congress's throughout 'Vote Theft' allegation and RJD's failure to go beyond the Muslims-Yadav (MY) votebank made the circumstances tough for the Mahagathbandha to win the assemb
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.
"On one side there is Bihar's zindabad, another side is Tejashwi's Sahabuddin zindabad, so Bihar has decided. That was not just a slogan, Tejashwi Yadav had said that they did jungle raj, and they will continue to do jungle raj, he said 'Sahabuddin amar rahenge'," Tiwari told ANI here.
The JD(U) workers exchanged sweets among each other and cherished the moment. Party leader Chotu Singh congratulated CM Nitish Kumar, stating that they are celebrating Holi and Diwali at the party office.
In a bid to shed the "Jungle Raj" tag, he even left out RJD supremo Lalu Yadav from his posters, but he still had to bear the brunt of the controversial legacy of his family.