India, Nov. 15 -- Bihar's water resources minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, who also holds the charge of Parliamentary Affairs, won for the seventh time - fourth time in a row from the Sarairanjan seat in Samastipur. A close associate of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, he said the verdict in the 2025 Assembly election is a reflection of people's trust in the state's transformation since 2005, which the Opposition mistook it as anti-incumbency. In a conversation with HT, Choudhary sheds light on how the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) earned a landslide mandate from the people of Bihar. Edited excerpts:

How do you see the landslide verdict for NDA?

It is a reflection of how people respond when they develop faith in the government. It...