The BJP did not give a ticket to a single Muslim leader, yet it is leading in 92 seats. The RJD gave half of its tickets to Yadavs; it is leading in just 27 constituencies. The M-Y or the Muslim-Yadav combination, engineered by former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav decades back, seems to be dead. The end of the M-Y politics can be understood by the fact that the ruling coalition of NDA allotted only five constituencies to the Muslims- JD(U) four and Lok Janshakti Party just one. However, the Nitish Kumar-led party is leading in 82 seats while the LJP is leading in 21. In total, the alliance with less emphasis on Muslims and Yadavs is leading in 203 seats.

M-Y politics

RJD's obsession with the Yadavs can also be gauged by the fact that it gave half of its tickets to this community

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