Mumbai: After the thumping victory in Bihar elections, Maharashtra unit of Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today said it wanted to replicate the grand alliance in the state to combat "communal forces".

"Seeing the overwhelming response from the people of Bihar (where RJD-JD(U) combine trumped BJP and its allies), we would try our best to repeat the same pattern in forthcoming elections in Maharashtra. This is how we can beat the communal forces," said Mohammad Khan Pathan, chief of Maharashtra RJD.