On this Special Report, BJP Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha, Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, analyses the National Democratic Alliance's significant election victory in Bihar, attributing the mandate to a public preference for development over traditional caste-based politics. Dr. Jaiswal states, 'This state has always moved beyond caste after 2005. What we have seen was the development, was the main agenda'. He contrasts the NDA's focus on progress, citing a tenfold increase in per capita income and women's empowerment through initiatives like Jeevika, with what he terms the 'Jungle Raj' of the past. He credits the consolidation of the NDA vote, including support from allies like the parties of Chirag Paswan and Upendra Kushwaha, for the decisive win, suggesting the opposition has failed to introspect on its defeat.
00:00Let me bring in Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, BJP's Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament also and former BJP President of Bihar.
00:08Dr. Jaiswal, congratulations. It's a huge victory.
00:11You can certainly smile and do calculations as to what really has happened in Bihar.
00:17The Prime Minister, Dr. Jaiswal, has said something very interesting on the day of the results when he was addressing the Karikartas.
00:23He said that Bihar doesn't vote on Jaiswal. Is that the way BJP is seeing the mandate, that the state has moved beyond caste?
00:35This state has always moved beyond caste after 2005.
00:40What we have seen was the development, was the main agenda.
00:43That was the reason why we won with more than 200 seats in 2010.
00:47In 2020, also, if you calculate the votes of NDA plus Chirag plus Upen Kushwa, we would have done the same thing which we had done at present.
01:02It's MG Mahagarbandan votes were 37 percent last time. This time also it was 37 percent.
01:09It was a vote share together with all the NDA partners, which has increased drastically, and that has turned out into more than 200 seats.
01:20They have already done this in 2010, and we have repeated in 2025.
01:25So, the vote of NDA has been always constant.
01:28The people who are having faith on development, those people who have faith that Bihar should be run by Sushashnan.
01:36We should not allow Jangal Raj to come here.
01:40So, these are the things. We are happy that they are...
01:44Yes.
01:45Our minister is very happy that they are blaming SIR, they are blaming other factors which were non-existent.
01:54We are also happy, let them, don't introspect them, and they should blame all these things, and they will never get corrected, and we will always do the same thing.
02:03No, no, my question is, Bihar caste remains the fulcrum, but are the caste groups loosening or opening up?
02:13Because if you look at the vote share of both the sides, NDA and the Mahagarbandan, it remains at...
02:20You have gone up, but Mahagarbandan remains at 38%, something that they got last time.
02:25So, my question is, that have you polled in from the others?
02:31Where is that number coming from?
02:32And also, because, you know, there is a 6% direct addition, which is coming in from Chirag Paswan's LJP.
02:38So, also, Upend Koshwaha, also scored roughly 4% of vote last time.
02:51And when we all were together, we had done the same thing, which we did it in 2010.
02:56In Bihar, the issue of Jangal Raj will always remain.
03:03And the day when the national executive of RJD happened, and they said,
03:08Shah Uddin Amar Hai, Taslim Uddin Amar Hai.
03:11And look at the present.
03:12We were not knowing, but after this Tejasui Yadu's sister episode, who is Rameez?
03:18Rameez has more than 14 cases.
03:21He has been a murderer.
03:23The person who has been murdered, his own brother, came from Balrampur, and he gave interviews to different TV.
03:30So, you are still not living that era which has ruined Bihar.
03:37Remember, in 2005, per capita income of Bihar was mere 6,000 rupees per annum.
03:45And we have started what Bihar was in 1947.
03:49And from taking there, we reached 70,000, which is more than 10 times in these 20 years.
03:57That shows we are pro-development.
03:59People believe in us, especially the women, whom through Jivika, Nitish has given a lot of strength.
04:07They have started earning.
04:09They have become independent.
04:11I remember my sister got married in 1996.
04:15And the people came from Mumbai.
04:18Their first question was that, does Bihar don't have any women?
04:22We came from Patna to Betia.
04:25And we didn't saw even one woman on road.
04:29From that condition, staying in villages, all girls moving through bicycles just in 2008.
04:35That has changed the Bihar.
04:38Okay.
04:39Dr. Jaiswal, we are witnessing a changed Bihar for sure.
04:42I certainly hope as a Bihari that the state grows with further fervor and it grows with enthusiasm in future.
04:52Thank you for your time.
04:53I'll keep bothering you during the upcoming parliament session as well.
04:56Because you are the chief whip of the BJP in the Lok Sabha.
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