US EditionModi on Bihar Election Victory: People Reject Casteism and MMC
The National Democratic Alliance leads with 204 seats out of 243, marking a major victory amid high female voter turnout of 71.6 percent, Election Commission of India reported.
- The National Democratic Alliance is heading for a sweep in Bihar, leading in 204 of 243 seats as vote counting concluded on Friday after two phases on November 6 and November 11.
- Political analysts say the Bharatiya Janata Party’s $880m transfer to 7.5 million women through the Chief Minister's Women Employment Scheme boosted female voter support.
- In close races, Raghopur saw Tejashwi Yadav briefly trail Satish Kumar while Maithili Thakur led Binod Mishra by 8,588 votes in Alinagar, with a 13,000-vote lead shift by 1200 GMT.
- Bihar's result matters nationally because female turnout 71.6 percent and the state sends the fifth-highest number of legislators to parliament.
- The Election Commission data shows the removal of 4.7/million names left 74.2/million voters, while Opposition Mahagathabandhan says the Special Intensive Revision could disenfranchise vulnerable groups as the BJP state-election winning streak continues.
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Modi on Bihar Election Victory: People Reject Casteism and MMC
Modi on Bihar Election Victory: People Reject Casteism and MMC Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed Bihar's electorate for rejecting the politics of casteism and the Muslim League-Maoist Congress alliance in the latest state assembly elections.In a post-election celebration event in Surat, Modi critiqued the Congress' inability to manage its string of defeats and targeted Rahul Gandhi, calling his actions 'stunts'.Stressing the significance o…
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Backed by Modi-Shah strategy, BJP scripts history in Bihar - The Tribune
Powered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his confidant Amit Shah’s election strategy and planning, the BJP on Friday scripted history by emerging as the single largest party in the Hindi heartland state of Bihar, while the ruling NDA posted its second best show after 2010 when it had won 206 seats out of 243.
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