India, Nov. 15 -- Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) founder Mukesh Sahani on Friday attributed his party's rout in the Bihar Assembly polls to the NDA's aggressive cash outreach to women voters, as the INDIA bloc ally failed to take a lead in any of the 12 seats it contested. Projected as the alliance's deputy chief ministerial face, Sahani insisted that the verdict was the "people's mandate", not a reflection of organisational slack.

"Voters did not connect with our message. They trusted Nitish ji and Modi ji, and I congratulate both of them," he said. "We delivered our message; every alliance leader delivered theirs. But ultimately it was the public's verdict," Sahani said.

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