Nitish Kumar, whose JD(U) was in government with the RJD and the Congress, is expected to join hands with the BJP to form a new government in Bihar. Sources said the new government would be sworn in later on Sunday, at around 4 pm.
The BJP had contested just 17 seats out of 40 in Bihar in 2019 and won them all. Had it contested 34 seats this time, it might have even bettered its individual tally.
'Slowly everyone will come out (of INDIA bloc). there will be no alliance between Congress and Mamata (in Bengal), SP (in UP). Not even in Tamil Nadu (with DMK),' JD(U) political advisor tells The Indian Express
Sources said the RJD, the senior partner in INDIA bloc in Bihar, is already looking at leaders and smaller parties within and outside NDA that haven’t had very cordial relations with Nitish Kumar in the past.