New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar saw the National Democratic Alliance win 174 of the 243 assembly constituencies, resulting in it winning 30 of the 40 parliamentary constituencies in the state -- putting to rest the ghost of the 2020 assembly election when the alliance won 125 seats, although part of that can be attributed to one NDA constituent at the Centre, the Lok Janshakti Party going it alone in the state and targeting the Janata Dal (United), by fielding candidates against it (only in six constituencies did it target the BJP).

This November's assembly election offers the NDA, now truly united in Bihar with the LJP (RV) also part of it in the state (as it was in last year's Lok Sabha election), an opportun...