Following the Mahagthbandhan’s victory in the Bihar Assembly Elections on Sunday, a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supporter, who was celebrating the win, was beaten to death in Navada village near Arrah, Bihar by unknown men.

The young man, who belonged to a Yadav family, was celebrating the victory of the RJD with his friends by bursting fire-crackers, when some youth from the village protested against the celebrations by brutally assaulting them and almost beating them to death.

All the three injured men were rushed to the nearest hospital, however, one of them succumbed to his injuries which sparked an outrage in the village and the houses of the accused were attacked by the deceased youth’s supporters.

The police are investigating into the matter and the situation in Navada village remains tense.

Claiming that people in Bihar voted en masse in favour of the grand alliance against the “wrong policies and communal mindset” of BJP, BSP supremo Mayawati said results had proved that no power can stop her party from coming to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2017.

“The people of Bihar voted en masse in favour of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav against the wrong policies, working style and communal mindset of BJP because of which BSP failed to ensure victory of its candidates,” Mayawati said in a statement.

“It became a direct fight in Bihar between the grand alliance and BJP…And BSP had to face massive losses there,” she said.

Mayawati, however, said that BSP had the satisfaction in the fact that anti-Dalit, anti-minorities and those against communal amity having casteist mentality have not been able to come to power in Bihar like at the Centre.

“People of Bihar need to be congratulated for this or else its effect would surely have been on the coming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh,” she said, adding BJP was under the impression that once it comes to power in Bihar the same would be repeated in UP also.

“Bihar results have had an adverse impact on BJP and Samajwadi Party in UP, and BSP now has confidence that no power can stop it from coming to power in UP,” she stressed.

“In the recent panchayat elections in UP, BJP was wiped out and Samajwadi Party also trailed BSP…In Bihar, SP in a tacit understanding with BJP, fielded candidates which could have directly benefited the saffron party,” she alleged.

The son of the man, who was lynched in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh over rumours of eating and storing beef, says the defeat of the BJP in the bitterly fought Bihar Assembly Elections is a tribute to his father.

The September 28 killing of Mohammad Akhlaq somehow played a crucial role in the outcome of the Bihar polls.

Commenting on the verdict, Sartaj, a corporal in Indian Air Force and the hapless son of Mohammed Akhlaq, said that people had united against the forces of communalism. “There’s no space for hate politics in our country. Result is a tribute to my father, and against hate and communalism. People should realise there is no gain in fighting in the name of religion. I appeal to all politicians not to divide the country for the sake of power,” he was quoted as saying by The Times of India.

The Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress won a whopping 178 of the 243 seats, leaving the BJP — which wanted to oust Nitish Kumar — and its allies with just 58 seats in Bihar Assembly Election.

The RJD and JD-U ended up winning 80 and 71 seats each and the Congress 27. The BJP was the winner in 53 constituencies, and three allies — the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) — could together bag only five seats (2, 1, 2 respectively).

When asked how the Grand Alliance overcame the BJP, JD-U leader Nawal Sharma said: “Nitish’s glittering face and Lalu’s strong base got us the numbers. All the polarising (bids) of BJP – Dadri, Pakistan, cow, beef – have hit them hard.”

In a stinging attack on the Centre, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadavon Monday said that the people’s massive mandate to Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance in Bihar is a big slap on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face.

Addressing a press conference here, the RJD chief said, “Bihar mandate is a big slap on the Narendra Modi government. PM Modi wanted to fool people of Bihar but they understood his nefarious designs.”

Continuing his attack on the Prime Minister, the RJD supremo ridiculed him for calling him ”chara chor” and spoiling his reputation by raising the bogey of ”Jungle Raj” during the assembly election campaign.

PM Modi is trying to disintegrate the nation, we have to save the nation, Yadav said while appealing to the people of Bihar.

People in Bihar, especially minorities and the poor, have clearly voted against BJP, he added.

Coming down heavily on PM Modi, the veteran Bihar leader said that his Grand Alliance will continue to fight against the fascist regime at the Centre.

Narendra Modi is not working as the PM but as a Sangh pracharak, Yadav said in a direct attack on the BJP’s ideological mentor RSS.

The maverick leader also warned that he will travel to Varanasi and other states to mobilise support to fight against a ‘communal’ BJP.

He also assured that Bihar under the leadership of Nitish Kumar will herald in a new era of development.

The RJD chief’s fresh attack on the Centre came a day after the Mahagathbandhan trounced the BJP to win the bitterly fought Bihar assembly polls, delivering a major blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who led his party’s challenge.

In contrast to what most exit polls had said, the Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress won a whopping 178 of the 243 seats, leaving the BJP — which wanted to oust Nitish Kumar — and its allies with just 58 seats.