PATNA : Bihar would celebrate "real Diwali" on November 14 after the RJD and its coalition partners suffer a crushing defeat in the assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared on Friday. Shah attacked the Lalu Prasad-led party for putting Osama Shahab, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, on the ballot at a rally in the Siwan area of Bihar.

“People here must ensure that Shahabuddin's son, contesting from the Raghunathpur seat, faces a humiliating defeat in the assembly polls. The people of Siwan have endured the ‘jungle raj’ of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi for at least 20 years. “I am confident that people of Bihar will celebrate real Diwali on November 14, when the poll results will be announced.

The RJD and its alliance partners will witness a humil

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