In 2009, after the Lok Sabha elections, the Janta Dal (United) office in Patna was the hub of all action, and celebration. On the back of a hugely popular BJP-JD(U) government that was in power in Bihar between 2004 and 2009, Nitish Kumar's party had won 20 of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats. Alliance partners BJP won a further 12.
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