As the early trends of vote counting in the Bihar Assembly elections predicted a clear mandate for the NDA, it became important to analyze the instrumental role played by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in boosting the NDA's fortunes in the state. The RSS had launched a special campaign named “Mission Trishul” earlier this year to draw voters toward the BJP.

Sources indicate that the RSS held between 50,000 and 60,000 meetings in Bihar ahead of the polls as part of Mission Trishul, with an average of 200 to 300 meetings in each constituency.

Analysts said that the RSS strategy worked effectively, leading to a dent in the traditional Muslim and Yadav vote bases in Bihar. The voting trends showed the NDA leading in most of t

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