Bihar might be on the cusp of a major shift in politics as it braced for Tuesday’s counting of votes for the assembly election, with most pollsters predicting a landslide for the five-party Grand Alliance led by the young Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav.
Counting will be taken up at 55 centres across 38 districts where the outcome will decide the fate of the Nitish Kumar government that has helmed the state for a decade and half.
Most exit polls have predicted a rout for the ruling Janata Dal (United)-Bharatiya Janata Party combine and a resounding victory for the Grand Alliance led by RJD’s 31-year-old chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, who has thrown down the gauntlet at redoubtable Nitish Kumar, the battle-scarred veteran more than twice his age.
The Election Commission is making sure that the winds of potential change cause no disruption in the counting…