A well slept, well rested Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday expressed his confidence that the mahagathbandhan would emerge victorious in the Bihar Assembly elections.


Before the counting began for the Bihar polls, a buoyant Lalu met reporters at his residence here and greeted them saying, "Good morning to all. I slept well."


He asserted that the Grand Alliance was winning without a doubt and said he would answer every question in the evening. On the last day of voting in Bihar yesterday, Lalu had said that that the Grand Alliance would win 190 of the 243 seats.


"Nitish was and is our candidate for Chief Minister. Even if the RJD gets more seats, Nitish will be Chief Minister" Lalu said. Janata Dal (United) leader K.C. Tyagi also batted for Nitish as Chief Minister saying the was the man were the people of Bihar were rooting for.