Remember the iconic invocation when Prime Minister Narendra Modi roared, “Maa Ganga ne bulaya hai". The Son has surged, and Bihar’s 12 crore voices have thundered a superlative verdict that will echo from Patna to the Parliament: Neeti Niyat Nitish Narendra = NDA’s landslide.

In a wave election that pulverised most of the psephological myths, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has bulldozed past 200 seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, leaving the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) gasping at a mortifying 35. The BJP alone stormed to 89, JD(U) 85, Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV) 19, and smaller allies mopped up the rest. The outcome isn’t a victory; it’s a political extinction event for the Opposition.

Let’s decode the formula that engineered this saffron tsunami: Narendra Nitish Amit Rahul Gandhi (as spoiler) allies in lockstep. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘MY’ mantra—Mahila Yuva—transcended caste fault lines, turning women’s safety and youth skilling into electoral dynamite. Urban millennials swiped right on NDA’s digital blitz; rural women, empowered by local-body reservations and Ujjwala refills, sealed the deal. Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD, once the self-anointed champion of Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) consolidation, watched its fortress crumble as Yadav votes fractured and Muslims migrated to the NDA’s development pitch. Rahul Gandhi? Reduced to a meme, his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is a forgotten footnote in Bihar’s land.

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