Lalu-Nitish experiment succeeds

                     PATNA: The Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress Party

alliance in Bihar, formed to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party won six seats in the

assembly by-poll.

                   The BJP, which won only four seats, suffered a setback with this performance as

the Narendra Modi magic could not work in the assembly by-poll.The ‘Modi wave’ was

largely successful in Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, cornering RJD, JD-U and the

Congress by winning 31 out of 40 seats.

                  The grand alliance was formed in the state after RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav

and JD-U's Nitish Kumar, both previous chief ministers of Bihar, joined hands to fight the

BJP in the recently-concluded by-elections in ten constituencies in Bihar.With this win,

these three parties are likely to ramp up political sentiment against the BJP and its allies in

the state, claiming that the latter has limited appeal in the state, and may not be in a

position to form the next state government in 2015.

                 Earlier this month, sharing a dais for the first time since 1991, Lalu and Nitish

joined hands to campaign together for the upcoming by-elections, to be held in ten

constituencies in the state.   more >>