Buzz over Nitish Kumar bid for JDU-RJD merger

PATNA, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses media on October 10, 2015 in Patna. In another sharp counter- attack on Nitish Kumar over his "outsider" jibe at him, Modi asked him whether he would call Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also a "bahri". But later, he has been addressing seven to eight rallies every day.

Questioned by reporters about BJP's motive behind releasing the advertisement on beef in vernacular dailies in four districts, Sushil Modi said it was not his party that had raked up the beef issue during polls but RJD chief Lalu Prasad who had controversially said that the Hindus too eat beef.

The Bharatiya Janata Party had faced an unexpected defeat in Delhi at the hands of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party. It was certainly not the BJP leaders, but those of the grand alliance.

He had noted a consistency in the voting pattern of the electorate in states and at the national level to decisively vote for a particular party or alliance during the hustings and the trend will be the same in Bihar as well and in favour of the NDA.

FIRs were also lodged against Lalu and Sushil, among others, for violating electioneering norms. 37 seats in the region it is said will decide who will form the next government in Bihar.

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prove that he had made the "shaitan" (devil) on his tongue comment or else seek apology from the people of Bihar for insulting them through this barb on him. "It's indicative of his hard-working style, upbeat mood and unbeatable energy to reach out to the people in far away places", he added.

The campaign for the bitterest election in the history of Bihar came to an end on Tuesday with both the NDA and the Grand Alliance leaders claiming outright victory. BJP president Amit Shah played to the same tune when he brought the communal campaign further on track by bringing in Pakistan. There is also a growing sense that the composition of the council of ministers is skewed and not balanced enough, denying allies.