With NDA leading in Bihar, BJP supporters start celebrations

With the trends suggesting that the NDA is marginally ahead of rival Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, BJP workers have started celebrating at party head office in Delhi on Tuesday. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

As per the latest data, the NDA alliance is leading in 120 seats as opposed to the Grand Alliance, which is ahead in 115 seats. The majority mark in the 243-member Bihar Assembly is 122. (PTI)

Other smaller parties may hold the key in the government formation if the NDA falls short of the half-way mark. In pic: BJP workers celebrate their party's lead in the Bihar Assembly polls, in Prayagraj, Tuesday. (PTI)

BJP supporters react during counting day of Bihar Assembly polls, in Patna on Tuesday. Most exit polls had given the RJD-Congress-Left alliance a clear edge over the JD(U)-BJP coalition and have predicted that the ruling government was on its way out. (PTI)

Supporters of the BJP hold their party symbol and flags as they gather to celebrate after learning of the initial poll results of the Bihar state assembly election and by-elections in Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh states, in Gandhinagar, Tuesday. (PTI)

Earlier today, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal said there is no dispute regarding who will lead the government if the alliance returns to power in the state. In pic: BJP workers celebrate their party's lead on the counting day of the Bihar Assembly poll at BJP HQ in New Delhi. (PTI)

Notably, the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party’s (LJP) decision to pull out of NDA alliance seems to have backfired while ending up hurting NDA’s prospects. (PTI)

While there is still time for the final results, one thing is clear — the BJP that had remained a junior partner in the NDA in Bihar so far is going to end up having the upper hand. In pic: BJP supporters celebrate in Patna. (PTI)

BJP workers in Varanasi celebrate NDA's lead in Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday. (PTI)