Preparation for the Bihar assembly polls to be held in October, 2010 is in full force with Bihar political parties. The RJD (Rastria Janata Dal) in collaboration with the LJP Lok Jana Shakti Party) have called Bihar rallies to organize and address the masses. JD(U) (Janata Dal, United) which is in the current leadership have called Mahadalit rallies on the 21st of February this year. The response was overwhelming which showed that they still had the potential. The speakers included Uday Narayan Chowdhury, the Bihar legislative Assembly speaker. Ram Bilas Paswan of the LJP too organized a rally on the 18th of March this year at Patna. Rahul Gandhi, MP and Congress General Secy, too conducted a two day Bihar tour on the first two days of February. This generated a wave of favour for the Congress. A CPI supported bandh too was called by the RJD in protest of the inflating commodity prices. The bandh targeted the Congress led UPA government and the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government in Bihar. The CPI and LJP are likely to form an alliance government in Bihar with the RJD led by Lalu Prasad Yadav. However congress leader Rahul Gandhi commented that the poor performance of his party in past elections was due to their support for the RJD. At a Champaran meeting he addressed the youth to come forward and take matters into their hands. Meanwhile, the general secy of the CPI, AB Bardhan indicated that there could be third front governance after the assembly polls. Trinamul congress too is geared up to contest the elections in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and the votes it will win will go in support of the Congress. With only a couple of months left for the elections, the tension in the state can be easily understood.
Bihal Elections Results 2010 - Nitish all set for landslide victory BJP and JDU alliance today appeared set to score a landslide 2/3 victory in the Assembly elections in Bihar with the ruling combine surging ahead in 174 of the 240 seats for which trends were available. JD(U) is ahead in 103 seats while its partner BJP is leading in 80 seats in the elections to the 243 members House while opposition RJD and LJP alliance was way behind at 45 seats. Congress, which went alone in the elections, was leading in 4 constituencies. Others are ahead in 14 seats. Results for three constituencies were declared with BJP winning two and JD(U) romping home in one. In Bettiah, BJP Minister Renu Devi defeated Congress nominee Madan Mohan Tiwari by around 15,000 votes while in Chanpatia, Chandramohan Rai (BJP) defeated BSP's Ejaj Hussain by over 13,000 votes. In the last Bihar elections in 2005, the JDU)-BJP alliance got 143 seats with JDU 88 and BJP 55. RJD and LJP together had 64 seats in the outgoing House. Congress had nine. Congress gave all credit to Bihar Chief Minister Kumar for the ruling combine's success in the elections and said law and order in the state improved under his regime while BJP the trends indicated that the people's mandate was for development, maintenance of law and order and good governance. "There is a new hope for Bihar. It reaffirms many political myths will go underground. The biggest myth is a Congress resurgence. Congress is no longer relevant in any part of the country," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javedekar said.
BJP–Janta Dal United get ( JDU) thumping mandate Nitish Kumar Wednesday steered the NDA to a historic electoral triumph by bagging 84% of the seats and decimating the Lalu Yadav-led opposition while virtually erasing the Indian National Congress from one of most populous states of India. In a verdict that left even Political analysts groping for words, Bihar's ruling JDU-BJP alliance rode to victory on its development plank and was projected to win an incredible 204 of the 243 states. In political Expert G.V.L. Narasimha Rao's views, this Bihar election 2010 result showed that "leadership and development were becoming crucial factors" while caste and other such factors were becoming less prominent. The Pioneer
