As Bihar is all set for the counting of votes for the assembly elections on Friday, a Bollywood-style poster has been erected outside the JD(U) office in Patna, featuring Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, with the caption ‘Tiger abhi zinda hai’ (Tiger is still alive).

The poster, which described the party supremo as the “protector” of all communities—dalits, mahadalits, backward classes, upper castes and minorities—was dedicated by party leader and former minister Ranjit Sinha.

Interestingly, it surfaced amid rumours of a rift between the JD(U) and its ally, the BJP, over the chief ministerial candidate. Even though the BJP has maintained that Nitish will lead the government if the NDA comes to power, speculations are rife that the saffron party may demand the top post if it gets a signific

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