The results for Bihar Assembly elections for 243 seats are set to be out on Tuesday and with this, the state will get to know who will lead for the next five years, Nitish Kumar – CM for last 15 years – or Tejashwi Yadav – the fresh face in politics.

Interestingly, if Tejashwi will be elected to sit on the throne, then he will be the youngest politician to become a Chief Minister of any state.

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Many exit polls have predicted Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan to lead the state this time.

NDA candidate and current CM Nitish Kumar in an eye-popping statement had in a rally said that this was his last elections.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during an election rally on Thursday had said that this is his last election.

“This is the last day of election. The day after this election will end and this is my last election. Ant bhala to sab bhala (All’s well that ends well),” Nitish Kumar said.

Bihar Chief Minister was campaigning for a candidate of his Janata Dal United in Purnia.

One of the factors that have dominated elections this time is that of employment raised by the opposition Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav. In fact, he had set the agenda for election this time and never allowed the ruling NDA to divert from the real issue despite their constant efforts. He has promised 10 lakh jobs to the youths should his alliance come to power.

The NDA leaders, especially from the BJP, made unsuccessful efforts to bring controversial issues in the poll campaign such as abrogation of Article 370, CAA, Ram temple, 1947 Partition.

Apart from these, Prime Minister Narendra Modi constantly raised the issue of “Jungle Raj” and continued repeating it at his all 12 election rallies in Bihar and tried hard to whip up the fear of “Jungle Raj” if the opposition alliance was allowed to come to power. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign, on the other hand, focussed his campaign over “Jungle Raj”, parivarwad, corruption and Tejashwi’s inexperience.

This election in Bihar is a tripartite contest between NDA – comprising BJP and JDU – while the the second and third fronts are led by Tejashwi Yadav’s JDU, supported by Congress, and Chhirag Paswan’s LJP.

However, LJP’s Paswan has maintained that he is against Nitish by has no grudges with BJP.