NDA to return in Bihar with bigger majority: Exit polls

Exit polls released Tuesday were unanimous that NDA will win Bihar and do so with a much more comfortable majority than five years ago. Some even projected that it could get close to a two-thirds majority in the 243-member assembly. The polls also concurred that Prashant Kishor's fledgling outfit, Jan Suraaj, will have at best a limited impact, at least in terms of winning assembly seats. If the exit polls prove correct, chief minister Nitish Kumar would have shown that a near 20-year run in the job with a brief 9-month gap has not rubbed the sheen off his popularity, a remarkable feat by any standards. It would also mean a significant booster for NDA, heading into crucial assembly polls next year. Dainik Bhaskar projected that NDA would win between 145 and 160 seats with the RJD-le