Patna: Months before assembly elections are held in Bihar, challenger BJP has bested the Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav combine in elections to 24 seats in the Bihar Legislative Council, by winning 13 seats along with allies.
The Nitish-Lalu-Congress alliance won 10. The outcome of elections to Begusarai seat is yet to be
announced.
As the BJP celebrated, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, "This was not an election where the common people vote. It was a council election. If the BJP wants to be so happy about it, let them be. They anyway like to live in this fantasy world."
An election is an election, said a jubilant BJP. "It's a very positive sign and points to the fact that the NDA will get a majority in the coming state elections. Bihar is tired of Nitish Kumar's leadership and desperately needs a change," said Rajiv Pratap Rudy, union minister and lawmaker from Bihar.
The JDU, which has won five of the alliance's 10 seats, reportedly assesses that Lalu Yadav, who has won four, has not been successful in transferring his votes to the alliance. That will be nagging worry as the assembly elections approach.
For years the BJP was the JDU's junior partner. After they parted ways, the BJP and its allies had won 32 of Bihar's 40 seats in last year's national election.
The Congress has helped staple it together for now.
The Nitish-Lalu-Congress alliance won 10. The outcome of elections to Begusarai seat is yet to be
announced.
As the BJP celebrated, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, "This was not an election where the common people vote. It was a council election. If the BJP wants to be so happy about it, let them be. They anyway like to live in this fantasy world."
An election is an election, said a jubilant BJP. "It's a very positive sign and points to the fact that the NDA will get a majority in the coming state elections. Bihar is tired of Nitish Kumar's leadership and desperately needs a change," said Rajiv Pratap Rudy, union minister and lawmaker from Bihar.
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The JDU, which has won five of the alliance's 10 seats, reportedly assesses that Lalu Yadav, who has won four, has not been successful in transferring his votes to the alliance. That will be nagging worry as the assembly elections approach.
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For years the BJP was the JDU's junior partner. After they parted ways, the BJP and its allies had won 32 of Bihar's 40 seats in last year's national election.
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The Congress has helped staple it together for now.
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