BIHAR ELECTION RESULTS REFLECTS WISDOM OF BIHAR, IT IS THE DEFEAT OF INTOLERANCE

BIHAR ELECTION RESULTS REFLECTS WISDOM OF BIHAR, IT IS THE DEFEAT OF INTOLERANCE

                  Bihar election results: reflects wisdom of Bihar, it’s the defeat of intolerance, says Nitish Kumar.As verdict of people in Bihar gave it a thumping victory, the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance also emerged on the top, with the largest vote share of nearly 46 per cent as against NDA's nearly 34 per cent.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses the media at JD(U) party office in Patna on Saturday. (PTI Photo) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses the media at JD(U) party office in Patna. (PTI Photo)The Grand Alliance on Sunday routed the BJP-led NDA in Bihar to score a landslide two-thirds majority in the Assembly giving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a third term in office in a battle in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi staked his all.

           Making a spectacular comeback after the severe drubbing in the last year’s Lok Sabha polls at the hands of Modi, the newly-formed JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance secured 178 seats in the 243-member House. RJD emerged the leader of the pack with 80 seats while JD(U) bagged 71. Both the parties had contested 101 seats each. Congress also made impressive gains winning 27 seats out of 41. It had won only 4 last time.The BJP-led NDA, for which Modi mounted an aggressive campaign addressing more than 30 rallies, bagged 58 seats. BJP on its own got 53 seats out of 157 it contested while its allies also put up a poor show. LJP, led by Ram Vilas Paswan, and RLSP of Upendra Kushwaha got two seats each. Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM won only one of the two seats he contested and lost in all the 19 others it fought in.

                                                   Prof. John Kurakar