Lucknow, Nov. 10 -- A day before the second phase of polling in the Bihar assembly election, Uttar Pradesh panchayati raj minister and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar - an ally of the ruling National Democratic Alliance - on Monday set off a political storm by claiming that the high turnout of voters witnessed in the first phase might lead to formation of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Grand Alliance government there.

Rajbhar said his observation is based on the polling data of the past assembly elections in Bihar.

"In the mid-1990s when the voter turnout increased, the RJD formed the government. In the 2025 assembly election too, the vote percentage has increased and it will be no surprise for me i...