The opposition CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Sunday claimed that the outcome of the Bihar Assembly elections is "abnormal" and it was the result of three "experiments".
The experiments, according to him, are the transfer of Rs 10,000 to women as the first instalment of Mahila Rojgar Yojana, deletion and addition of names in the SIR exercise, and transfer of land at a throwaway price to a corporate house.
The opposition party, a constituent of the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, has won just two seats out of the 20 it contested, which is much lower than the 12 out of 19 seats that went into its kitty in the 2020 polls.
"The poll dates were not announced till all the targeted welfare schemes of the government, including the provision of Rs 10,000 for women, materi

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