Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi at 6 pm on Friday where he will address the party workers, as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set for a landslide victory in Bihar where assembly elections were held in two phases on November 6 and 11.
As per the current data available on website of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the NDA is leading on 197 seats, with the BJP surging on 89 seats. Its alliance partners, the Janata Dal United (JDU) and Union Minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) are leading on 89 and 21 seats, respectively.
Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) are leading on four seats each.
Mahagathbandhan falls behind
The Mahagathbandhan or the grand alliance seems to routed out in Bihar. According to the trends by the apex poll body, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is leading on just 30 seats, while it seems that the Congress and Mukesh Sahani's Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) will unlikely open their accounts in Bihar.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) are leading on four and one seats, respectively.
Nitish Kumar Bihar's 'vikas purush': BJP
With the NDA set to return to power in Bihar with a bigger majority, BJP's state unit chief Dilip Kumar Jaiswal has lauded incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the victory and said the public mood was never ambiguous.
"During the first and second phases itself, it was clear from the voters' faces and their words that the NDA government was retaining power," he told news agency PTI, adding that Bihar's electorate had placed its trust in "the world's most popular leader, Narendra Modi."
"These are trends. I agree. Exit polls are also not exact. But I have full faith in the people's mandate. Just wait and watch," he added.
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