Bihar polls: PM Modi thanks Nitish Kumar, NDA 'family members' for victory

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other NDA leaders including Chirag Paswan Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha for their contribution to the alliancersquos successHe called alliance party leaders as family membersPM Modi called the NDArsquos victory in the Bihar Assembly elections a ldquovictory of good governancerdquo and a strong endorsement of development and public welfareIn a post on X the Prime Minister said the people of Bihar had given a resounding mandate which would inspire the NDA to serve the state with ldquonew resolverdquo He added that the result was also a ldquovictory of social justicerdquo and showed the publicrsquos trust in the alliancersquos policiesHe also expressed gratitude to NDA workers across the state praising them for working tirelessly taking the development agenda to the people and countering what he described as the Oppositionrsquos misinformationGood governance has won Development has won Propeople spirit has won Social justice has won Gratitude to each and every person of Bihar for blessing the NDA with a historical and unparalleled victory in the 2025 Vidhan Sabha elections This mandate gives us renewedhellipmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi November 14 2025PM Modi said the NDA had ensured allround development in Bihar and the massive mandate reflected peoplersquos confidence in the alliancersquos track record and its vision to take the state to new heightsMeanwhileBJP national president J P Nadda on Friday described the NDArsquos victory in the Bihar Assembly elections as ldquohistoricrdquo saying it reflected the peoplersquos trust in the development and welfare policies of the ldquodoubleengine governmentrdquo led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish KumarIn a post on X Nadda said the ldquoresounding majorityrdquo secured by the NDA was clear evidence that the people of Bihar had fully rejected the Mahagathbandhanrsquos ldquojungle rajrdquo and corruption and instead embraced the ruling coalitionrsquos focus on good governance stability and developmentHe added that the ldquohistoric public supportrdquo for the National Democratic Alliance was a strong endorsement of the developmentdriven agenda of the ModindashKumar governmentNadda further said the ldquounprecedented mandaterdquo would help the NDA move forward with its commitment to making Bihar a developed state and India a developed nationThe NDA appeared on course for a sweeping victory leading in nearly 200 of the 243 seats with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with an almost 95 per cent strike rate Meanwhile the Mahagathbandhanmdashcomprising the RJD Congress and three Left partiesmdashwas struggling to cross the 35seat mark