Bihar Election Result 2020 highlights: NDA to form govt next week; Go vocal for local this Diwali, urges PM Narendra Modi in address to BJP cadre

How BJP’s performance may impact 2021 West Bengal assembly polls

With the outcome of the 2020 Bihar Assembly election now clear, all eyes are on the next round of polls in the country. Assam, Kerala, Union Territory of Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are expected to head for polls to elect new assemblies in April-May 2021.

In these states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which powered the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a win in Bihar is in power only in Assam. The saffron party has not been a strong political force in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry even though it has made some efforts in the last few years.

Thus, the BJP’s focus is now on West Bengal. The party has repeatedly said that it aims to defeat Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the 2021 polls.

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Development only basis for politics now; women BJP's silent voters: PM Narendra Modi

Development work, trust, and aspirations and pride of Bihar have won in the state, PM Narendra Modi said.... Read More

With the NDA getting a comfortable majority in the Bihar assembly, all eyes are now on the formation of the next government which will likely be sworn in soon after the Diwali festivities get over later this week, sources told news agency PTI.

They said JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will be back as the chief minister for yet another term in office.

Kumar, who looks on course to becoming the longest serving chief minister of the state during his new term, was expected to take oath on or after Monday next week before which he will send his resignation to the governor since his current tenure expires at the end of November.

Congratulations @yadavtejashwi for setting the agenda on real issues in Bihar polls as opposed to divisive politics. Despite being a one man army you put up a tough fight. I'm sure you’ve made Laloo ji proud andthere will be victories ahead inshallah.

With an electoral sledgehammer, Hindutva outclasses the once-powerful caste system

In his 1931 essay, titledSeven Shackles of the Hindu Society, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who popularised the term Hindutva but was not its inventor, outlined the parameters of a casteless society.

Savarkar believed that heredity as a determinant of talent and intellect was erroneous and an individual’s environment was what shapes his character and conduct. Taking a radical stand against those scriptural injunctions, which advocated caste, he said fossilising oneself to them was `idiocy.’

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BJP's 'double engine government trying to crush democracy: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on November 11alerted the people against the BJP alleging that the "double engine" government is trying to crush the democracy.

"The 'double engine' government (the government in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre) of BJP is trying to crush democracy. Rigging in polls is taking away the rights of people's vote and affects the democracy," Akhilesh said while addressing party workers here at the SP office. He thanked voters for their support in the UP bypolls and said that his party is committed to development and alerted them from the BJP, which he claimed could do anything to remain in power.

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Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has saidthat her party became the "elder brother" in the NDA alliance in Bihar only through the "ladder" of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

"The election was contested under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, and you will recall that his leadership had been announced by me in 2005 when I was BJP general secretary in- charge of Bihar. And we were able to form a government there," she said.

"We (BJP) have been able to become elder brother from the younger one by climbing up Nitish's ladder. You cannot pull down the ladder which was used for climbing," she added.

Diwali is round the corner. Celebrate it, but be sure to take care of yourself from coronavirus. And go vocal for local this festive season.

Those who are unable to challenge usdemocratically, they have taken to killing BJP workers. I don't need to warn anybody, the warning to this will be given by the people.

Dynastic politics that extends from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is becoming a danger for democracy,PM Narendra Modi has said, adding that BJP is a party which has internal democracy. "Which is why a Prime Minister can say from this podium to Nadda ji (BJP chief) to march ahead, we are with you," PM Modi said.

"BJP has a team of silent voters who are constantly supporting it, theseare the women voters of this country," PM Narendra Modi has said. He also listed out the schemes which have been launched during the past couple of months, in other words during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting that while other nations might have been stagnant during this crisis, new policies were being launched and implemented in India.

The way we have fought this pandemic from Janta Curfew till today has been reflected in these election results. Every life saved from COVID-19 is a success story for India.

As far as the Bihar poll victory is concerned, it is the victory of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas.