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Nitish Kumar and the BJP have retained power in Bihar and the opposition Mahagathbandhan failed to reach the majority mark despite an electrifying campaign by Tejashwi Yadav, whose RJD has emerged as the single-largest party. The Congress, with the poorest strike rate in the Tejashwi Yadav-led alliance, has proved to be the weakest link in the opposition.
The Bihar result delivers another hard lesson to the grand old party, which has been largely in stasis since being voted out of power in 2014, barring brief flashes.
In the post-defeat math, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav seems to have messed up seat-sharing by giving the Congress more seats to contest than it deserved.
The Congress contested 70 seats, the most in the opposition alliance after the RJD (144), and could win only 19. As for the Left parties, CPM was given four seats, the CPI six and the CPI (ML), 19. Every party showed a better strike rate than India's main opposition party.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi toured Bihar but the response was as listless as his campaign, not a patch on Tejashwi Yadav's massively attended rallies where the crowds cheered wildly when he repeated his promise of 10 lakh jobs.
Last year, their partnership flopped in the national election too - the NDA swept the polls, winning 39 of 40 seats, and the Congress got one. The RJD scored a duck.
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BJP Nitish Kumar and the BJP have retained power in Bihar and the opposition Mahagathbandhan failed to reach the majority mark despite an electrifying campaign by Tejashwi Yadav, whose RJD has emerged as the single-largest party. The Congress, with the poorest strike rate in the Tejashwi Yadav-led alliance, has proved to be the weakest link in the opposition. The Bihar result delivers another hard lesson to the grand old party, which has been largely in stasis since being voted out of power in 2014, barring brief flashes. In the post-defeat math, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav seems to have messed up seat-sharing by giving the Congress more seats to contest than it deserved. The Congress contested 70 seats, the most in the opposition alliance after the RJD (144), and could win only 19. As for the Left parties, CPM was given four seats, the CPI six and the CPI (ML), 19. Every party showed a better strike rate than India's main opposition party. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi toured Bihar but the response was as listless as his campaign, not a patch on Tejashwi Yadav's massively attended rallies where the crowds cheered wildly when he repeated his promise of 10 lakh jobs. Last year, their partnership flopped in the national election too - the NDA swept the polls, winning 39 of 40 seats, and the Congress got one. The RJD scored a duck.