As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is poised to retain power in Bihar with a landslide majority, there is no denying the fact that real winner of the elections is someone who did not even contest — Nitish Kumar.

'Tiger abhi zinda hai' (tiger is alive) was the poster which appeared outside Nitish's residence on Friday (November 14) morning, just as the NDA opened up a clear early lead in the Bihar Assembly elections.

The JD(U) workers gathered around the poster as if unveiling a victory totem ahead of time.

\"'Sirf trend aaya hai, par message clear hai, Nitish ji politics ka asli tiger hain', (the trends are only out, Nitish ji is the real tiger of Bihar politics),\" one worker told a news channel, posing proudly beside the larger-than-life artwork.

The septuagenarian politician

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