Tejashwi set to dislodge Nitish Kumar: RJD national spokesperson

With one day to go for Bihar election results, Rashtriya Janata Dal hopes that it will form the government in Bihar as most exit polls have predicted Tejashwi Yadav gaining the majority. The counting of votes is scheduled for November 10.

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) national spokesperson Nawal Kishore on Monday said that Mahagatbandhan, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s will form the government in Bihar as most exit polls have predicted Tejashwi Yadav will gain the majority.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Kishore said, "Tejashwi Yadav is set to wrest Bihar Assembly from Nitish Kumar as a majority of voters in Bihar voted for RJD and Mahagatbandhan. Bihar’s opposition coalition, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, is projected pull ahead of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to win the assembly election, according to the number of exit polls."

"After the last phase of voting, all the exit polls are coming, in which it is shown in most that Mahagatbandhan government will be formed in the state. It is being shown in most exit polls that Tejashwi Yadav is the first choice of the public as Chief Minister," he said.

Notably, Mahagathbandhan includes Rashtriya Janata Dal led by former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav (144 seats) and the Congress (70 seats). Other allies are the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) or CPI(ML) (19 seats), Communist Party of India (CPI) (6 seats) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M)(4 seats).

The Election Commission said there was a 55.22 per cent voter turnout in phase 3 of the polls. The 2015 election saw a total turnout of 56.66 per cent. The counting of votes is scheduled for November 10.