The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Janata Dal (United), scripted a landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly elections. Sixty-seven percent of the state’s 7.43 crore voters turned out at the booths and spoke loud and clear. With the press of a button, discerning electors erased the hopes of the challengers—the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led alliance. Now, it is for the double-engine government to deliver a New Bihar, notes political observer and writer K V Prasad.

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