We Would Have Secured 150 Seats If It Wasn’t For LJP: Sushil Kumar Modi

The NDA won the Bihar election with 125 seats in the 243-member state assembly. But according to Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Lok Janshakti Party(LJP) prevented them from securing 150 seats.

New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance(NDA) has emerged as the winner in the nail-biting Bihar election this year with 125 seats in the 243-member state assembly against 110 clinched by the opposition Grand Alliance. With the victory, the Nitish Kumar government gets fourth successive term in the state. But the Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi expressed his disappointment for not securing the 150 seat mark and blamed Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party(LJP) for the fall. "We lost about 25-30 seats and LJP candidates secured 10,000 to 15,000 votes reducing our margin for victory. If LJP did not act as 'vote katwa' (vote cutter) then maybe we would have reached 150 seats," said Modi during an interview with ABP News. NDA leaders have thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the victory in Bihar. They claimed that the Bihar win is PM Modi's victory. Meanwhile, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has urged Nitish Kumar to leave the BJP alliance. Even though the RJD, was defeated the RJD which was led by Tejashwi Yadav, the younger son and heir to party supremo Lalu Prasad helmed, emerged as the single largest party with 75 seats. The BJP, which led the table for several hours during the counting that dragged on for over 16 hours, finished second with a tally of 74 seats. Apart from BJP's 74 seats and JD(U)'s 43, the ruling alliance partners HAM and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) won four seats each. WATCH HERE: