New Delhi: Three more exit polls, released on Wednesday, predicted an NDA victory in Bihar Assembly elections with one projecting a closer fight than others.

Axis My India predicted that the NDA may get 121-141 seats despite the BJP losing some 18-23 sitting seats from 2020 and the JD(U) re-emerging as the main party in the coalition with 56-62, up from 43 five years ago. BJP could get only 50-56, down from 74 in 2020.

However, the projection claimed the rival RJD could be the single largest party with 67-76 seats as was the case in 2020 when it won 75 seats. RJD’s performance, which could see a minimal decline from 2020, will put the I.N.D.I.A. bloc at 98-118 seats but that may not be enough to cross 122-mark.

Congress is predicted to win 17-21 seats, indicating that its failure to inc

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