PATNA: Votes cannot be garnered if goes behind controversies-this is the lesson the people taught Congress in the Bihar elections. The people had given this warning in the assembly elections in states including Kerala. While Rahul Gandhi stepped forward with evidence of vote rigging, the NDA campaign was fueled by highlighting the power of the double engine government. When the results came, the Congress-led Mahagathbandhan collapsed. Only the strength of the RJD saved the front from a major embarrassment.

Rahul Gandhi held a press conference alleging, with evidence, that there were major irregularities in the Haryana elections, just before November 6, the day of the first phase of polling in Bihar. They also used the voter list revision as a weapon. However, the results show that none of

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