RJD

While Waris Pathan's comment was met with customary rebuke by 'moderate' Muslims, some Hindu reactionaries critiqued him and some slammed BJP

JR Manjhi, U Kushwaha, Sharad Yadav and Mukesh Sahni had a separate, secret meeting in Patna before today's development for a third front

'In this campaign, all non-BJP parties must come on one platform; no party should be left out. Everyone is welcome, including CM Nitish Kumar'

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren now enjoys the support of JVM, NCP, CPI(ML) and Saryu Rai besides no bitterness with the BJP

Raghubar Das insisted his choice of candidates was right while clearly preferring members of his caste and weathercocks who failed miserably

No time to relax for JMM head Hemant Soren who had made the tall electoral promise of providing employment to 100% youth of Jharkhand, the state with the fifth highest population of unemployed people

The people of Jharkhand were so sure whom to elect that the tally of even independents and BSP reduced from their respective scores in 2014

When the election campaign had barely begun, even supporters of the BJP had already ruled out a victory; PM Modi was apprehensive, too

Most exit polls on the Jharkhand Assembly election project a comfortable picture for the INC-JMM-RJD alliance; there is one that doesn't

The fate of Jharkhand will be determined by the third and fourth phases where the JMM and INC had fared well in 2014, fighting separately