There is no clinching evidence to prove whether the people in Pakistan burst crackers to celebrate Narendra Modi-Amit Shah’s humiliation in the Bihar Assembly polls, but one could surely feel a sense of celebration in the Shiv Sena camp here, as the Diwali festivities gained momentum on Sunday afternoon.

Despite not winning a single seat amongst the 150 it had contested independently in Bihar, the Sena found reason to rejoice. It took immense pride in Nitish-Lalu’s historic triumph, as if party chief Uddhav Thackeray also had a hand in the Mahagathbandhan’s victory, tipped to change the direction of political discourse across the country.