Patna:
The five-phased Bihar elections will test a coalition of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), Lalu Prasad's RJD and the Congress against the BJP and its allies. The party hopes to repeat its last year's national elections performance in which its NDA coalition had won 31 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Vijendra Yadav, Lalan Singh, Madan Sahni and Kapileswar Kamat from Janata Dal (United) and Tejpratap Yadav , Abdul Bari Siddiqui , Chandrika Rai , Alok Mehta from Rashtriya Janta Dal are likely to be inducted in the Cabinet.
Ashok Choudhary , Avadesh Singh , Abdul Jalil Mastan and Madan Mohan Jha from Congress are likely to be included in Nitish Kumar's Cabinet.
The swearing in ceremony will take place at Patna's Gandhi Maidan at 2pm.
We accept the challenge, will play the role of opposition in Bihar: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after BJP meet on Bihar defeat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets top BJP leaders to review the party's defeat in Bihar
BJP chief Amit Shah meets RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, discusses Bihar elections results
PM Narendra Modi to attend BJP parliamentarians' meeting at 4 pm to discuss Bihar election loss.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Information Technology, on Bihar results:
- I wish them (Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar) well for my state and hope they deliver.
- I am at a loss to understand the enormity of the defeat.
- The percentage of vote of Lalu Ji and Nitish Ji has come together very well.
- Only point is I expect today if we are gracious today in defeat, Congress should be gracious in victory, even though it came due to Lalu Ji and Nitish Ji.
- Our tragedy is that if we win, then people say that the communal card worked. If we lose, then some experts say the same card failed.
RJD's Manoj Jha on Bihar results:
- We are not an event management company. Our task has just begun (on the alliance standing the test of time).
- We are looking at the larger picture, Bihar wants to lead the campaign.
- This mandate will not be confined only to Bihar.
Warning has been given by the voters. Party chief spoke to all leaders who made controversial statements: BJP's Seshadri Chari to NDTV
Dr CP Joshi, senior Congress leader on party performance in Bihar:
- We have to analyse from what seats we had in 2010: We contested 243 seats and got only 4 seats.
- We had identified roughly 65 seats where we polled over 10,000 in the last election.
- If you look at results, our strike rate is much higher.
It's very difficult to say how much that particular statement (RSS on reservation) has affected the results, BJP's Seshadri Chari to NDTV
Sambit Patra, BJP on PM's Bihar campaign
- This accusation that PM held 27 rallies in Bihar has been repeated by the Opposition.
- We have the head of the family who is campaigning, what is wrong in that?
- Tell me a single word that the PM uttered that was unparliamentary?
- Look at the words used by Lalu Ji, but at the end of the day he won.
- Mahagathbandhan tried to rake up some issue in a political way that were not the issues
- RSS and BJP did not want to do away with reservation, but the Grand Alliance portrayed it like that.
We cannot remove caste from Indian politics: JDU's Arun Kumar Srivastava to NDTV
Every party has its own share of criminals: BJP's Seshadri Chari to NDTV
Suparna Singh: you can't say my underworld is fine but yours isn't: @ShekharGupta on air now. #Bihar Elections 2015.
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BJP's Arvind Gupta on party's campaign in Bihar:- I think all the BJP leaders actually canvassed a lot.
- Yes, there was no one face to the campaign.
Suparna Singh: How could BJP campaign on "jungle raj" while allied with LJP, asks @ShekharGupta on @ndtv now. #NitishReturns
No reason to believe that Lalu Prasad Ji will intervene in the functioning of the government. JDU's Pavan Varma to NDTV
Suparna Singh: .@NitishKumar and Lalu can discuss differences in an idiom particular to their relationship: JDU's Pavan Verma on @ndtv. #BiharResults
Suparna Singh: not sure if social harmony or justice has been produced or accomplished with this election: @_YogendraYadav on @ndtv now.
Swaraj Abhiyaan's Yogendra Yadav on future of Grand Alliance:- Grand alliances don't hold for very long because there is actually very little that unites them.
- Alliances tend to be very limited for 2-3 years.
Suparna Singh: Not sure Bihar is headed for higher plane of governance with Lalu holding reins in some way: @_YogendraYadav on @ndtv now. #BiharResults
Congress is an important partner, says JDU's Pavan Varma
- Let me tell you that Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad had started coming together after the 2014 loss. The process had been on for a year
- We were told we would fail at each step we took, but it went seamlessly
A lot of analysis will be required to figure out about the +21 per cent of vote that others have got, says BJP's Arvind Gupta
Suparna Singh: On air, @PrannoyRoyNDTV refers to @DrChandanMitra's strong comments on Amit Shah & #BiharResults in this op-ed https://t.co/FBdOfsRqcL
I remember when we got 2 seats in Parliament (1984). Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed a rally and said "We lost the elections, but have not lost the will", says BJP's Sheshadri Chari
I think the message of development did not communicate well at the last mile, says BJP's Arvind Gupta
BJP's Prakash Javdekar to NDTV on mistakes made by the party in Bihar:
- I concede that Nitish got the benefit of our company of seven years when we together were in power in Bihar
- We were the reasons of good governance in the state
- I can list out several mistakes
- We will listen to our workers and take further decision
The face of Nitish Ji was very important in this win: JDU's Harivansh Singh tells NDTV- Nitish Ji had said that if he did not improve the situation of electricity in Bihar, he would not ask for votes
- Today, Bihar is getting electricity more than ever before
The face of Nitish Ji was very important in this victory. Nitish Ji had said that if he did not improve the situation of electricity in Bihar, he would not ask for votes, JD(U) spokesperson Harivansh Singh to NDTV
"Biggest aberration was done by Lalu Yadav. He spoke of Muslim, Yadav, religion and caste... Those pseudo secular credentials. He played his cards and he succeeded," BJP's Prakash Javdekar tells NDTV
Suparna Singh: Lalu spoke of Muslims, Yadavs, religion and caste. He played these cards and succeeded, says @PrakashJavdekar. on air now. #BiharResults
Congress leader Sachin Pilot to NDTV:
- There is no anti-incumbency against Nitish Kumar, but BJP raised the stakes very high
- Congress played an important role in stitching the alliance
- Congress said that Nitish Kumar will be the face of the alliance and the RJD joined
- So much anti-incumbency in one year will have repercussions in Assam, Bengal and most importantly UP assembly elections
What Amit Shah said and what PM Modi said in the campaign was a part of a well thought out strategy. Siddharth Varadarajan to NDTV
It's for the first time since 1999 that a party has lost state elections in a row: Siddharth Varadarajan to NDTV
Suparna Singh: strike rate of RJD and JDU was 80%, Congress' was 60%: @PrannoyRoyNDTV to Sachin Pilot. on air now. #BiharResults
It's a happy mistake, Congress' Sachin Pilot on NDTV's exit poll.
Suparna Singh: "after delhi, now Bihar -is the honeymoon over? Are you learning lessons?" @PrannoyRoyNDTV to @PrakashJavdekar. on air now.
We wanted to keep the campaign focused on development, BJP's Prakash Javdekar tells NDTV
- We had not gone for a campaign of hatred
- What happened was an aberration
- Let me congratulate the new government
- Unlike UPA, we will treat all states equally and walk the talk on development
- You cannot compare apples with oranges (Lok Sabha vs Assembly)
- Main picture is the right alliance
- We got practically the same vote as in Lok Sabha
- What happened was JDU, RJD and Congress got lesser votes but they were together
Suparna Singh: These were aberrations, says @PrakashJavdekar about alleged attempts/comments to polarize voters. on air now on @ndtv.
Suparna Singh: brave of @PrakashJavdekar to discuss BJP defeat, gracious to offer full support from centre to new Bihar govt. On air now.
BJP repeated the mistake of Delhi, says Swaraj Abhiyaan's Yogendra Yadav to NDTV
Suparna Singh: we apologize to you, for all the confusion.Our objective is to bring you the news accurately.Thank you for staying with us: @PrannoyRoyNDTV
Suparna Singh: .@PrannoyRoyNDTV :we're looking into why the data from reliable agency was wrong, and we take responsibility & we apologize. #BiharResults.
Suparna Singh: .@PrannoyRoyNDTV opens his show with this: the last time we made an error as big as this was 32 years ago. #BiharResults
Suparna Singh: #BiharResults & the many miscalculations of Amit Shah -by @RanaAyyub https://t.co/7fgaDksjZy
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Suparna Singh: .@ArvindKejriwal to @ndtv on #BiharResults : If hate politics, intolerance does not stop, BJP will be finished
Power in the BJP is concentrated with PM Modi and Amit Shah: Arvind Kejriwal to NDTV
BJP has played dirty politics. They should learn from the verdicts in Bihar and Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
There are more fireworks being set off for BJP's defeat: Arvind Kejriwal to NDTV
Delhi chief minister Kejriwal suggests that chief ministers might band together against PM Modi in future
If PM Modi doesn't stop his foreign tours and get to work, there will be verdicts like Bihar across the country: Arvind Kejriwal to NDTV
The message to Narendra Modi is that the people are angry with his style of working: Arvind Kejriwal to NDTV
From earlier today. Image courtesy PTI
LJP's Pashupati Paras, party chief Ram Vilas Paswan's brother, loses Alauli
Shatrughan Sinha calls for accountability and introspection
He also said he congratulates Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav
Shotgun is the BJP MP from Patna Sahib
Sharad Pawar's NCP is part of the alliance Socialist Secular Morcha
Both Lalu Yadav's sons have won their seats - Tejaswi from Raghopur and Tej Pratap from Mahua
It's a happy Diwali for the Grand Alliance
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Jitan Ram Manjhi has lost his other constituency Makhdumpur to RJD's Subedar Das. He won from Imamganj
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Colour them happy
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Recap: While making a joint public appearance with Nitish Kumar some hours ago, Lalu Yadav said Nitish would run Bihar and he would go national
Grand Alliance supporters have a grand time in Delhi
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Victory is sweet
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Suparna Singh: 6 big takeaways from BJP defeat in Bihar- @ShashiTharoor 's analysis https://t.co/kt0BxL2GkG. #BiharResults.
Dancing and drumbeats in Delhi
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The Bihar election reflects the mood of the entire nation: Nitish Kumar
This election will be looked at as a milestone event in the years to come: Nitish Kumar
Suparna Singh: .@DrChandanMitra's honest analysis of BJP defeat in Bihar, says Amit Shah-crafted "high-pitched" campaign failed
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LJP's Prince Raj, nephew of party chief Ram Vilas Paswan, loses from Kalyanpur
Our government will be for all, not for any particular class: Lalu Prasad Yadav
PM Modi congratulated Nitish Kumar, but was it from the heart or just basic courtesy, asks Lalu Prasad Yadav at a press conference
We will take Bihar to the national map: Lalu Prasad Yadav
After this win, we will take on Delhi. I will go to Varanasi: Lalu Prasad Yadav
We will try our best to fulfill people expectations: Nitish Kumar