The Bihar Assembly polls have turned out to be a wave election — the kind that sweeps up not just the frontliners but also the smallest boats in its current. From Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) to Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), a range of NDA allies are riding the momentum. But, perhaps no one is riding it as spectacularly — or as consequentially — as Chirag Paswan and his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).

With the LJP (RV) leading on nearly 19 out of the 29 seats it contested as per the latest trends, Chirag stands not merely as a beneficiary of a favourable tide but as a success story in his own right.

Only weeks ago, critics within the NDA accused Chirag of punching above his weight by cornering 29 seats in the seat-sharing deal, dismissing him as

See Full Page