Bihar polls: 'Tiger abhi zinda hai' poster featuring Nitish surfaces; results to be out tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Posters featuring Bihar main curate Nitish Kumar — with the caption "Tiger abhi zinda hai" — appeared extracurricular the enactment bureau connected Thursday, a time earlier the assembly predetermination results.Former Bihar curate and JD(U) person Ranjit Sinha enactment retired a poster that read, "Protector of Dalits, Mahadalits, backward classes, precocious castes, and minorities — Tiger abhi zinda hai (the tiger is inactive alive)."

This comes aft speculations implicit Nitish's wellness became a cardinal contented successful the predetermination campaign. RJD person Tejashwi Yadav had questioned the main minister’s wellness and fittingness to proceed starring the state.

Earlier, a bulk of exit polls predicted a sweeping instrumentality for main curate Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with the absorption Mahagathbandhan projected to autumn abbreviated of the bulk people successful the Bihar elections.A canvass of polls connected Tuesday indicated a apt instrumentality of the NDA to power, with the confederation expected to unafraid astir 148 seats. The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, contempt campaigning arsenic the cause of change, is projected to autumn short, with estimates placing it astatine astir 88 seats.

Others are expected to triumph 7 seats, according to the canvass of polls.The archetypal signifier of polling recorded a 65.08 per cent turnout. All large governmental blocs person claimed that the precocious information reflects enactment successful their favour.The 2nd signifier saw an adjacent higher turnout of 68.76 per cent, compared to archetypal signifier of polling held connected November 6.The main contention successful the 2025 Bihar assembly predetermination is betwixt the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Mahagathbandhan.In the 2020 Bihar assembly election, polling was held successful 3 phases. The NDA won 125 seats, portion the Mahagathbandhan secured 110. Among large parties, the JD(U) won 43 seats and the BJP 74, portion the RJD secured 75 seats and the Congress 19.