THE MODI SHOW
Nov 14, 2020
4 minutes
BY ANILESH S. MAHAJAN
CHANDRADEEP KUMAR
A powerful performance in Bihar and sweeping bypoll victories across 11 states—the BJP has good reason to celebrate the results of the recently-concluded elections. For the first time in the NDA’s reign in Bihar, the BJP has emerged as the predominant party in the alliance. Its 74-seat haul in the 243-member assembly leaves Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) a distant second, at 43 seats. While the chief minister’s post may still go to Nitish, a reset of the equation within the NDA looks imminent—and it’s certain to be advantage BJP. With the JD(U) down 28 seats from the last assembly
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