NEW DELHI: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, despite the consecration of the Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the Faizabad seat to the Samajwadi Party . However, it retained all the seats in Bihar's Mithilanchal, considered the paternal home of Sita, Lord Ram’s wife. As Bihar gears up for the assembly elections, Patna may hold the throne, but the two Maithili-speaking regions — Tirhut and Mithilanchal — remain crucial. Bihar can be divided into five regions: Tirhut, Mithilanchal, Kosi-Seemanchal, Magadh, and Bhojpur. Tirhut and Mithlanchal send about 80 MLAs to the 243-member assembly. Can NDA hold its fort? The Mithilanchal region consists of Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Saharsa, and Supaul districts, where Maithil Brah

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