Even as a cliffhanger battle for control of Bihar raged on Tuesday, there was a contrasting situation at the offices of the opposing fronts.
After the National Democratic Alliance was seen crossing the halfway mark as per trends, there were celebrations at the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal-United offices, while only a handful of workers were seen at the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) office.
Soon after watching an increase, the BJP and JD-U workers started reaching their respective party offices. People were celebrating by beating drums and blowing conches, and at the BJP offices, worker were shouting 'Narendra Modi Zindabad' and 'Har Har Mahadev'.
On the other hand, there were only two-three people at the RJD office. In the morning, RJD leaders and workers thronged the residence of former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, but as the trends came, people started dispersing.
One of the factors of the poor performance of the Congress is the vote cut of Muslims. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "BJP's tact of using (Asaduddin) Owaisi Sahab's party in the Bihar elections has succeeded to an extent. All secular parties should be alert about vote cutter Owaisi Sahab."
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AIMIM fielded candidates in 20 seats in Bihar, out of which 14 candidates are in Seemanchal area. Owaisi's party is leading in three seats in the trend of Bihar elections so far, while it is in second place in two seats.