Left leaders say parties were able to make a significant improvement from the previous elections in Bihar due to issues like the migrant crisis and unemployment
Usmani lost to the BJP's Jibesh Kumar. Congress’ decision to field him was met with resistance from BJP & also its own party members after he was dubbed ‘Jinnah sympathiser’.
EC officials said tables in a particular hall where votes are being counted have been reduced to 7 from the 14 earlier to maintain social distancing in view of the Covid-19 threat.
In 2015, Tej Pratap Yadav had won from Mahua. He chose Hasanpur this time after rumours that JD(U) could field his estranged wife Aishwarya Rai from Mahua.
Former social welfare minister Manju Varma lost her post after Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual exploitation case — in which 34 girls were allegedly exploited — came to light in 2018.
A majority of the exit polls Saturday had projected win for RJD-led Grand Alliance and Tejashwi Yadav as next CM, though some said NDA would give a tough fight.
What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.
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