Patna, Nov 15 (IANS) A day after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Grand Alliance suffered a massive defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections, senior RJD leader and former state party President Jagadanand Singh termed the poll results as "surprising".

Speaking to reporters in Patna, Singh said, "Many media channels are claiming that the votes obtained by the candidates were much higher than the actual votes cast in the state. It is surprising, but it is the mandate of the people of Bihar."

Singh met the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday evening, a day after the Assembly poll results were declared in Bihar.

"Whatever the results, our relationship is strong. We met our party's supreme leader, Lalu Prasad Yadav," the former State RJD President said.

Meanwhile, Congress Lok Sabh

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