Bihar elections have had a magical impact on Prime Minister Modi, who has looked less confident since the 2024 parliamentary elections. Then, the BJP-led NDA was expecting to win more than 400 seats but struggled to have majority numbers in the Lok Sabha. The BJP had to be satisfied with a humiliating 240 seats.

The Prime minister’s victory margin also astonishingly shrunk in Varanasi. It was widely speculated that Modi was no longer the leader he was known to be, but then the BJP did magnificently well in every election it contested after the general elections, except in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

It snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in Haryana. It vanquished Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, along with its allies. It was believed that the Maharashtra assembly elections would be a cakewalk for the Congress-led opposition. After these two states, the BJP wrested Delhi from Machiavellian Arvind Kejriwal with comfortable numbers. And now Bihar.

The Prime Minister also had a tough time since the Pahalgam blast. He was severely criticised for agreeing to a ceasefire with Pakistan after Operation Sindoor had taught the Pakistan army a strong lesson.

The sudden announcement of a ceasefire caused a huge disappointment even in his own ideological front. US President Trump did not lose any opportunity to embarrass him with his jibes.

The government did try to........

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