Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar set for third term, BJP knocked out

Though  early trends showing BJP and its allies taking the lead, the Grand Alliance gained momentum later in the day and finally emerged victorious to capture 178 seats in the 243-member Assembly.

The BJP-led alliance trailed far behind with 58 seats while other managed 7.

Emerging victorious, Nitish Kumar said all sections of people have voted in favour of the Grand Alliance.

"All sections of the society have voted for us," Kumar said after polls.

Thanking people for voting in favour of them in the Assembly polls, Kumar said he hoped that the Centre will cooperate with his state.

"We hope that the Centre is going to help us," Kumar said.

His alliance partner RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said  he will tour the country to create a movement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"We are going to  start a movement against forces dividing the nation," Yadav said.

"We will move to the path of development under the leadership of Nitish Kumar," he said while addressing a press conference here with Nitish Kumar sitting beside him.

"We will remove the Narendra Modi-led government," Yadav said.

Meanwhile, the Congress and others parties attacked Prime Minister Modi following his party's poor show in the polls.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a jibe at Modi over the Bihar election results as he asked the leader to shun arrogance and communal agenda to take the development of the nation forward. .

"The message to Modi is loud and clear. You cannot makes Hindus and Muslims fight with each other to win. You have to shun your arrogance. We need brotherhood and love and development," said Rahul Gandhi.

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday said the win of Grand Alliance in the Bihar Assembly Election is the 'victory of democracy.'

The Shiv Sena  blamed the PM for the loss in Bihar.