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.
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.
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.
Following the NDA's sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur launched a sharp attack on the Congress leadership.
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
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the people of Bihar for the NDA's sweeping victory in the state and said it has given a new positive "MY formula"- Mahila and Youth.