NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar is all set to take oath as CM for the seventh time as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has edged past the majority mark of 122 in the 243-member assembly in Bihar.
It was a cliffhanger election marked by a valiant challenge from 31-year-old opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav, who made unemployment and economic distress the centrepiece of his poll campaign and drove the poll narrative.
In the end though, the NDA looks to have edged past the majority mark of 122 in the 243-member assembly. At midnight, the NDA’s tally read 125 (including wins and leads), while the Mahagathbandhan led by Tejashwi’s Rashtriya Janata Dal was set to win 110 seats. But all results are not final yet.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as the dominant partner in the NDA. Going by the available leads, its 74 seats are 31 more than what Nitish’s Janata Dal (United) looks to have managed, and just one less than the RJD, which seems to have emerged as the single largest party with 75.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his congratulations to cadres from the BJP and its allies, and expressed gratitude to the people of Bihar.
बिहार में जनता-जनार्दन के आशीर्वाद से लोकतंत्र ने एक बार फिर विजय प्राप्त की है।@BJP4Bihar के साथ एनडीए के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं ने जिस संकल्प-समर्पण भाव के साथ कार्य किया, वह अभिभूत करने वाला है। मैं कार्यकर्ताओं को बधाई देता हूं और बिहार की जनता के प्रति हृदय से आभार प्रकट करता हूं।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 10, 2020
(With inputs from Agencies)
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