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NEW DELHI: Union curate and LJP(RV) main Chirag Paswan met Bihar main curate Nitish Kumar successful Patna connected Tuesday to congratulate him connected the NDA’s decisive triumph successful assembly elections. The gathering stands retired due to the fact that of their governmental past and years of speculation implicit whether the 2 leaders could ever comfortably coexist successful the aforesaid alliance.Paswan, who called connected the CM astatine 1 Aney Marg, said helium had travel “to widen congratulations and bully wishes” pursuing the NDA crossing the 200-seat mark.
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"I met the CM, congratulated him and extended him champion wishes. NDA registered a historical triumph nether the enactment of Nitish Kumar. So, a delegation of LJP(RV) met him and congratulated him. I americium delighted that the CM appreciated the relation of each confederation spouse successful the NDA," Chirag said.“He supported the LJP(RV) campaigner erstwhile helium went to vote. In Alauli, wherever I vote, I supported JD(U) candidate. This shows that those were misleading regarding JD(U) and LJP(RV) were conscionable mounting mendacious narrative...",” helium added.This comes aft rift betwixt the 2 parties surfaced during the spot sharing woody wrong NDA up of Bihar polls.During the tally up to the elections, Chirag had besides criticised Nitish implicit deteriorating instrumentality and bid concern successful the state.
"I consciousness ashamed that I americium supporting a authorities wherever transgression has go uncontrolled," Chirag had said.Interestingly, this was the archetypal clip erstwhile LJP(RV) and JD(U) were contesting the assembly elections unneurotic nether the umbrella of NDA.
From fierce rivals successful 2020 to coexisting successful NDA
In 2020 Bihar assembly elections, claiming himself arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Hanuman", Chirag decided to spell solo and fielded 135 candidates successful fray -- specifically harming JD(U) canvass prospects.
LJP(RV)'s candidates acted arsenic vote-cutters, contributing to JD(U)’s crisp diminution from 71 seats successful 2015 to conscionable 43 successful 2020, its lowest tally successful years.However, successful 2025, LJP(RV) emerged arsenic a cardinal unit wrong the NDA, winning 19 of the 29 seats it contested and helping the confederation transverse the 200-seat mark.Paswan said his enactment chose from a “pool of 38 seats” offered by the BJP, stressing “quality implicit quantity.” After aggregate rounds of discussions with BJP and JD(U) leaders, LJP(RV) secured its presumption arsenic the largest inferior ally.
Other smaller allies received six seats each, showing however negotiations tilted successful Paswan's favour.The NDA registered a historical landslide triumph successful the 2025 Bihar Elections, winning 202 of the 243 seats successful the state; meanwhile, the Mahagathbandhan could lone unafraid 35 seats.NDA secured a three-fourths bulk successful the 243-member House. This is the 2nd clip the NDA has crossed the 200 people successful the assembly polls.
In the 2010 polls, it had won 206 seats.In the NDA, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 89 seats, Janata Dal (United) won 85, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJPRV) won 19, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAMS) won five, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha won 4 seats.The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won 25 seats, Indian National Congress 6, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) - CPI(ML)(L) - two, Indian Inclusive Party (IIP) - one, and Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPI(M) - 1 seat.All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won 5 seats, and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) got 1 seat.The Bihar assembly elections were conducted crossed 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, respectively. Bihar recorded a historical 67.13% elector turnout, the highest since 1951, with women voters outpacing men (71.6% vs 62.8%).
