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After his party led in all five Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan announced on Tuesday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated him on the party’s performance and mentioned an NDA meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

 

"We contested for 5 seats and won all of them. The Union Home Minister congratulated me on the party’s performance and also mentioned about the NDA meeting tomorrow. We will take part in this meeting. The credit for this performance goes to our Prime Minister," Chirag Paswan said.

 

Chirag extended his wishes to PM Modi, expressing his party's firm support for the NDA government. He stated, "I want to congratulate my Prime Minister Modi because, for the third time under his leadership, the NDA government is going to be formed. This 3rd term under the leadership of PM Modi will take the country to new heights, which he has promised the country. This government will fulfil all the promises made regarding development. Our party and our MPs support the NDA government."

 

Speaking on the NDA candidates still trailing in many seats, Chirag Paswan noted that the counting was still underway and he believed the NDA would perform better once the final results were in. "There are still many seats where the margin is very low. The counting of votes is underway. NDA’s performance has been very good and it will be even better when the final results come," he said.

 

Chirag Paswan's party candidates are currently leading from all the five seats they contested. Arun Bharti is leading from Jamui, Rajesh Verma from Khagaria, Shambhavi from Samastipur, Chirag Paswan from Hajipur, and Veena Devi from Vaishali.

 

According to the Election Commission, in Bihar's 40 seats, Janata Dal (United) is leading on 14 seats, BJP on 12, LJP on five, RJD on four, Congress on two, and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) – CPI(ML)(L) on two seats. Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) candidate Jitan Ram Manjhi has won the Gaya seat by a margin of 1,01,812 votes.

 

As per the latest data, BJP has won 13 seats and is leading in 231. Congress has won 4 while leading in 93 seats. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA crossed the majority mark in early leads, with the INDIA bloc above 200, defying all exit poll predictions. According to the Election Commission data, the NDA alliance is leading in around 300 seats while the INDIA bloc is at 230 seats.

 

Most exit polls had predicted a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with many projecting a two-thirds majority for the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).