Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on April 9 expressed surprise over the defeat of many NDA candidates in the recent biennial election to the State legislative council and asserted that the result, which caused the NDA's tally in the Upper House to fall, was not a cause of worry for the ruling alliance.
He asserted that this will have no bearing upon the Assembly by-election next week in Bochahan where he was confident of the BJP nominee's victory. “The Council election was not one in which candidates are chosen directly by the people. Nonetheless, I was surprised to see many candidates who seemed so confident of winning getting defeated”, Mr. Kumar told reporters.
