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Grand Alliance fails to woo Dalit voters
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|November 15, 2025
THE POLL RESULTS UNDERLINE THE MGB'S INABILITY TO WIN OVER VOTERS OUTSIDE THE RJD’S MUSLIM-YADAV VOTE BANK
The Grand Alliance or Mahagatbandhan’s Dalit outreach has failed in the 2025 Bihar election, with the grouping winning only four of the 38 seats reserved for the Scheduled Caste down from 17 in 2020.
The result underlines the GA's inability to win over voters outside the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Muslim-Yadav vote bank and highlights that the Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar-led NDA has earned the trust of the Dalits through better law and order and a focus on welfare and development
This story is from the November 15, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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