Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar state President Sanjay Jaiswal (centre) talks to the media at the party headquarters after NDA's lead during the counting of votes of the Bihar state assembly polls, in Patna, India,on Nov. 10, 2020.- AP
NEW DELHI (Bloomberg): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, which is in coalition with the ruling alliance in Bihar, retained control of the eastern state after an election battle that went down to the wire.
The final vote count, which was slowed significantly by Covid-19 protocols, saw the ruling alliance pull ahead with 125 seats in the 243-member state assembly. The opposition grouping, led by the charismatic 31-year-old politician Tejashwi Yadav, won 110 seats.
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