Dushyant Chautala also congratulated Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi.
Chandigarh:
Haryana’s Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala paid a small compliment to Bihar politician Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday for his performance in state elections, praising the 31-year-old who fought bitterly against his ally BJP.
“I congratulate Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi. The people have put their faith in them. Tejaswhi Yadav fought very well. He is young and energetic. The future can be his. But it is also a record that Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of the seventh time. Best wishes to him, “he said, when asked to comment on the Bihar result.
The Chautala Jannayak Janata Party or JJP is part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is represented in Bihar by Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and the BJP.
The NDA, which won 125 seats out of 243 states, retained power in Bihar, but Nitish Kumar’s party only won 43 seats compared to 74 for its ally BJP.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of Tejashwi Yadav, which fought at the polls in alliance with Congress and the left, was the largest party with 75 seats. The alliance won 110 seats.
The NDA was announced as the winner of the Bihar elections in the early hours of Wednesday after weeks of strident campaigning, three phases of voting and more than 18 hours of counting.
Many praised Tejashwi Yadav’s performance, noting that Congress, which contested 70 seats but won only 19, may have been the main reason for the opposition’s failure.
Last year, it was 32-year-old Dushyant Chautala who won a mammoth term in the Haryana election, forcing the BJP to link up with him to stay in power.
The BJP handed over the post of Senior Vice Minister to Chautala, who said his party believed the alliance was necessary for stability after the fractured outcome.
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