Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com, reports from Patna:

So as fortunes change for the JDU-led Mahagathbandhan, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's home is drawing in the crowds. Supporters have slowly started to trickle in. Lalu's daughter Misa has said that the alliance will form the next government in Bihar and has given it 150 seats.

Ecstatic supporters are all around the vicinity shouting slogans. "Lalu-ji toh garibon ke masiha hai. Garibon ka masiha zindabad," rang out. India Today gives the Mahagatbandhan 131 seats; the BJP 95. Supporters caught hold of  poor man in the street and fed him with mithai. "Inhi ka vote hum ko jitaya hai," said an overjoyed RJD supporter.