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Unravelling CM Nitish Kumar's myth: Only 17 of 100 Biharis support JD(U)

BJP's support in Bihar has been stable (37-39%), they appear to have least to gain from any alliance

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Praveen Chakravarty | IndiaSpend
Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, is a very popular leader in that state, with virtues of probity in public life and governance focus on development, the English press and the larger media narrative would have us believe.
Do actual voters in Bihar think the same? Not according to our analysis. Nitish Kumar’s party has only been above the Congress in electoral popularity, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been the state’s most popular party–its popularity preceding Prime Minister Narendra Modi–and no more than 17 voters chose to vote only for Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United),

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