Friends with benefits: Lalu, Nitish win Bihar bypolls

August 25, 2014 17:08

In Bihar, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad have come a long way from being bitter rivals for over two decades to friends with benefits.

Their grand alliance along with the Congress has won them six of the 10 assembly seats in the by-elections on Monday. Clearly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's magic, which helped the Bharatiya Janata Party wrest victory in the Lok Sabha elections, has failed in the Bihar with the party bagging four seats.

"I am thankful to the people of Bihar, who voted for a secular alliance committed for development with justice and communal harmony,' said Nitish at a press meet in Patna after the by-polls results. Slamming the BJP, he added that it had made wild allegations against Lalu and him.

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