Bihar’s biggest election twist has come from ‘Modi’s Hanuman’ Chirag Paswan, whose party LJP(RV) exploded onto the poll scene as the most unexpected headline-maker of the 2025 results, unleashing a political shockwave no pollster or rival had anticipated.

From just one seat in 2020 to leading on 22 seats as of noon on November 14, Chirag’s LJP(RV) has bulldozed past every prediction, transforming overnight from a once-dismissed outfit into the NDA’s breakout powerhouse.

Contesting as part of the NDA alongside the BJP and JD(U), the party’s current showing marks its strongest-ever performance in a Bihar assembly election. His surge has not only electrified the ruling alliance but also rewritten the power script in Patna, forcing every party, friend and foe, to recalibrate their political

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