Uma Bharti heaps praise on 'good boy' Tejashwi; makes sharp attack on Lalu's 'jungle raj'

A day after RJD faced a defeat in Bihar despite being single largest party, he has received praise from a senior BJP leer. Uma Bharti has said that Tejashwi Yav is a "very good boy" and he can rule when he grows older. Opining that he is too young to rule a state, Bharti said on Wednesday that Lalu Yav would be at helm of affairs and Tejashwi would simply be a de-facto ruler if he were to become CM at this .

It was projected in Exit Polls that Tejashwi Yav who was CM face of Mahagathbandhan would be next CM of state, however, with 110 seats in total, his grand alliance fell short of majority compared to NDA's 125. However, he has been applauded for giving a tough fight to Nitish Kumar and sticking to issues in his election campaign. 31-year old RJD leer has t spoken since result of elections.

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Uma Bharti's comment on Tejashwi

Umar Bharti said, "Tejashwi is a very good boy. But Bihar was saved by skin of its teeth because he wouldn't have been able to run state. Lalu Yav would have ultimately been at helm pushing Bihar back into jungle raj. Tejashwi can le but after he grows older."

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Tejashwi wins from Raghopur 

Tejashwi Yav won from Raghopur with a margin of 38174 votes against BJP's Satish Kumar.  As per census data, 1.30 lakh Yavs form bulk of voters, constituency has a significant presence of upper-caste Rajputs, whose electorate size is estimated at around 40,000 followed by Muslims at 22,000 and Paswans at 18,000. In 2015, n 25-year-old Tejashwi defeated BJP's Kumar when BJP h gone solo. Raghopur seat has been a Lalu Yav bastion and he h won from constituency in 1995, 2000, 2005. 

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Bihar Election Result 2020

Bihar assembly elections results were declared around midnight on vember 10-vember 11, with ruling coalition - NDA winning 125 in 243-member assembly, against Mahagathbandhan's 110.  Even as contest remained neck and neck throughout day, RJD under leership of Tejashwi Yav, became single largest party with 75 seats, followed by BJP's 74. While Chirag Paswan's LJP won one seat, it me a major dent in JDU's tally that has come down to 43 from 71 in 2015. biggest clincher is Asuddin Owaisi's AIMIM winning 5 seats and CPI-ML  winning 12 seats. or two left parties - CPI and CPI-M won two each. or two alliance partners of NDA - HAM and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) won four seats each.

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