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" Out of the 243-strong Donald Trump in the closely- # Assembly, 78 constituencies fought presidential election, # went to polls in the final phase. according to American media % & While all exit polls gave projections. & clear edge to the Grand The 77-year-old former Alliance, the India Today- every JD(U) pot of confusion and distrust US Vice President will become % Axis Exit polls projected candidates and boiling throughout the poll the 46th president of the United 138-161 seats to the Grand went to the poll campaign. States, CNN reported, after a Alliance, while Chanakya pro- with the sole objective of oust- In the end, both the BJP victory in Pennsylvania, the ! ! ! # # jected 180 seats to it. ing Nitish Kumar. Throughout and the JD(U) paid the price as state where he was born put " # $% # ! % & ( The exit polls forecast serve the poll campaign, the BJP supporters of both the parties him over the 270 electoral &' ! # ( " ! )*)+# a grim message to the NDA could not dispel the impression tried to sabotage each other on votes needed to win. , - (. that there are few takers for that Chirag was not fighting a several seats. JD(U) MP from With Pennsylvania’s 20 - Q Hindutva-driven campaign if proxy battle on its behalf to cut Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal electoral votes, Biden now has that you have chosen me to Major media outlets start- 0 the Opposition could flag to size Nitish Kumar. In the was heard asking his workers a total of 273 electoral votes. lead our great country. The ed calling Biden the winner issues that concerned the com- end, the LJP seemed to walk not to vote for the BJP inviting Before becoming the work ahead of us will be hard, after it became clear that he has mon man. away with 7-8 per cent votes, severe tongue-lashing from Democratic presidential nom- but I promise you this: I will be taken a major lead the battle- ! If the exit polls projection which would translate into loss Deputy Chief Minister Sushil inee, Biden served as vice pres- a President for all Americans — ground State of Pennsylvania, - 1 comes true on November 10, of dozen of seats for the Kumar Modi. He was not the ident under former President whether you voted for me or which has 20 electoral college then it will be a rude shock to JD(U). lone leader to play spoilsport Barack Obama. He is also not. I will keep the faith that votes, making him cross the the NDA strategists who till Political circles in Bihar for the alliance. Several BJP Delaware’s longest-serving sen- you have placed in me,” Biden benchmark of the 270 electoral 2 one month ago were confident were abuzz with speculation leaders also tried to sabotage ator. said in a tweet soon thereafter. college votes. # of winning over 200 seats in the that the BJP wanted Nitish to the JD(U) candidates. The con- Senator Kamala Harris, 56, “This election is about so Counting of ballots is still & 244-member Assembly. After get far less seats than it so that fusion was all the more visible who is of Indian origin, has much more than” Joe Biden “or ongoing in Pennsylvania, all, only 18 months ago in the he himself will not lay claim to on the ground among workers become the first ever woman me. It’s about the soul of Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. # Lok Sabha polls, the NDA the post of Chief Minister on from both the parties. vice president-elect of the America and our willingness to Biden has the lead in all the M 1 swept the State winning 39 out moral ground. Prime Minister With Covid-19 causing United States. She would also fight for it. We have a lot of four states, which according to )*45M of 40 seats and logging in 54 Narendra Modi, Home extreme economic stress be the country’s first Indian- work ahead of us. Let’s get start- major media outlets is unlike- 3 per cent votes as against 29 per Minister Amit Shah and BJP among the lower strata of the origin, first Black and first ed,” tweeted Vice President- ly to be reversed. cent by the Grand Alliance. president JP Nadda did repeat- society and nearly 25 lakh African American Vice elect Harris. “Joe Biden will become Apart from 15 years of edly claim that Nitish will migrant workers returning to President of the country. Trump was playing golf in the 46th president of the United ! anti-incumbency, Nitish retain his chair even if his Bihar under heart-rending con- Biden and Harris would be Virginia when major media States”, CNN projects, after a Kumar also faced sabotage party were to get less seats than ditions, the burden of anti- sworn in as the President and outlets called the race. He is victory in the state where he from Chirag Paswan, who put the BJP, but their failure to pub- incumbency grew that much Vice President of the country now the first incumbent pres- was born put him over the 270 3 up candidates against each and lically chastise Chirag kept the heavier for the NDA. on January 20. ident to lose reelection bid electoral votes needed to “America, I’m honoured after George HW Bush in 1992. win. O ! %& 5 / Q &&' 63 . " ! 6 ,./0" )* 7 he exit polls for the bypolls # 1)++* founded to carry forward their Tin Madhya Pradesh, “constitutional” fight for the 3 O & Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh have n a major political develop- restoration of Article 370 and indicated that the BJP will Iment, the newly formed 35-A in Jammu & Kashmir. ! consolidate its presence in the People’s Alliance for Gupkar The announcement was N Q three States. According to the Declaration on Saturday decid- made by the spokesman of the India Today-Axis My India ed to contest the upcoming People’s Alliance for Gupkar O P exit poll, the Shivraj Singh District Development Council Declaration (PAGD), Sajad Q Chouhan Government in (DDC) polls unitedly in Jammu Gani Lone, soon after the Madhya Pradesh will survive & Kashmir. maiden meeting of all the con- Q with the BJP likely to bag 16- The eight phase DDC polls stituents ended here in Jammu 3 O 18 Assembly seats. The are scheduled to take place on Saturday. During the day ! - Congress is estimated to bag between November 28 and several delegations from 10-12 of the total 28 seats that December 19 amid tight secu- Jammu met these leaders at the were up for by-election in rity arrangements along with residence of Farooq Abdullah Madhya Pradesh. If these esti- bypolls on the vacant seats of and shared their assessment of mates hold true, the BJP’s vote urban local bodies in J&K. the prevailing political situation share has risen by 5 per cent to It is for the first time the in the region. !""# M 46 per cent while the Congress’ Kashmir-based regional par- Jammu & Kashmir %& , M vote share rose by two per cent ties, considered arch rivals, Pradesh Congress Committee '( to 43 per cent. It predicts 0-1 have decided to contest any (JKPCC) also announced that # )((! seats in MP going to the polls under the same banner. it will contest the DDC *+ + ) BSP. #% ) " ! The alliance was earlier polls. ,- % M " M 7 # 234 ! % ! Q, % - pollution, the Indian Medical doctors’ body stressed on the hence increases the severity of ! Association (IMA) said on implementation of long-term Covid-19 infection. )*49 . Saturday. measures to bring down pol- In the last 10 days, the 1 : Stating that N-95 masks lution levels. national Capital and its neigh- Q 1 ,# R and air purifiers may not pro- Air pollution damages the bouring areas have seen a sharp 2 M vide full time protection, the inner lining of the lungs and spike in air pollution levels. M : 5")0 opened fire on the police. ,./0" ' 0 . Naxals fired 80–90 rounds on + '!9!(': 9;!;;!<&!& n an anti- Naxal operation of the police party in self-defense elhi has reported more 1212&1 = >!9!>>&!:9''!&'!(9 IMadhya Pradesh Police, hawk force and police also Dthan 6,000 Covid-19 cases : Balaghat Police and Hawk Force, reacted in same manner. daily in the past few days and ) >!:>!:<: <!'<>>!&!'' Naxal Sharada alias Pujje car- Taking advantage of the dark 13 per cent of this increase has 3 , '!9!9>> !:(9'!!&> 0 rying reward of 8 lakh was and dense forest, the Naxalites been estimated to be due to air (*'+('&(, * 9!&;!9( '!>9!<;!(; gunned down said Additional managed to escape towards ; Director General of Police (Anti- the forest. -'./'(,/ = 9!':!9<& !<9 :!>>!;9 M Naxal Campaign) GP Next morning search oper- P / 9!(:!>: &'()):!'!;; " Singh.