It has become increasingly clear that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is mainly the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) duo, will win the people’s mandate even as the results of assembly polls continue to come in.

Chirag Paswan and his party, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), also played a key role in strengthening the ruling NDA in Bihar.

The election results trend may be disappointing for the opposition Mahagathbandhan, but they shouldn’t come as a surprise or shock. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi carried out a 16-day ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in an attempt to consolidate votes to oppose the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Gandhi has been alleging discrepancies in the revision of the electoral rol

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