Bihar: As vote counting progresses in Bihar, a poster featuring Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar alongside a tiger, captioned 'tiger abhi zinda hai' (tiger is alive), appeared outside his residence on Friday morning, coinciding with the NDA’s early lead in the assembly elections. The poster, framed with a cinematic touch and clearly intended to convey strength, quickly drew the attention of both cameras and party workers.

It was installed just as the Election Commission began releasing the day’s first significant trends. According to the Commission’s website, the ruling NDA was leading in 111 assembly constituencies, while the opposition INDIA bloc held an advantage in 33 seats.

Within the NDA, the BJP led in 48 seats, JD(U) in 44, LJP (Ram Vilas) in 13, and HAM in three. On the opposition side, RJD was ahead in 23 seats, Congress in seven, and Vikassheel Insaan Party in one. JD(U) supporters gathered around the poster, treating it like an early symbol of victory.

"'Sirf trend aaya hai, par message clear hai, Nitish ji politics ka asli tiger hain', (the trends are only out, Nitish ji is the real tiger of Bihar politics)," one worker told a news channel, proudly posing beside the poster. The image, showing Kumar standing beside a tiger, reinforced a familiar political metaphor JD(U) backers often use to highlight his enduring influence.

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Onlookers slowed their vehicles to capture photographs, and some residents came out specifically to see the poster, which was already gaining traction on social media.

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