The Bihar Assembly poll will be known for the landslide victory of the NDA, but it also marks the establishment of Chirag Paswan, whose party — the LJP (RV) — emerged as the fourth-largest winner, as a force to be reckoned with.

His rise coincides with the entry of Prashant Kishor, who launched Jan Suraaj, and the decline of another young leader, Tejashwi Yadav, whose party — the RJD — was decimated this year.

After winning all five Lok Sabha seats allotted to him by the NDA in the 2024 General Election, Chirag has solidified his political presence. In the 2020 poll, Chirag contested alone and managed to win only one seat.

He benefited largely from the NDA this time by getting to contest 29 seats of which the party won 19, thereby putting the party in a position to seek the Deputy Chief

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