New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav thanked the people after RJD’s candidate Amar Kumar Paswan defeated BJP’s Baby Kumari by a margin of over 36,000 votes in the Bochahan Assembly by-poll on Saturday.

Taking a dig at the NDA, the RJD leader said that the people defeated the ‘anti-people’ policies and arrogance of the parties running the double-engine government in Bihar.

“Hearty thanks to the public owners of Bochahan. People suffering from unemployment, inflation, and poor education, health, agriculture, and law and order in the assembly by-elections have done a just job of defeating the anti-people policies and arrogance of the four parties involved in the double engine government,” tweeted Yadav.

बोचहां के जनता मालिकों को हार्दिक धन्यवाद। विधानसभा उपचुनाव में बेरोजगारी,महंगाई एवं बदहाल शिक्षा,स्वास्थ्य,कृषि व विधि व्यवस्था से त्रस्त जनता ने डबल इंजन सरकार तथा अवसरवादी NDA ठगबंधन में शामिल 4 दलों की जनविरोधी नीतियों व अहंकार को अकेले परास्त करने का न्यायप्रिय कार्य किया है pic.twitter.com/mAiZc2Mj8K

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) April 16, 2022

The counting of the votes began at 8 am. The by-election was held on April 12.

While NDA fielded Baby Kumari, RJD offered a ticket to Amar Paswan, son of Musafir Paswan. Geeta Kumari, daughter of former minister Ramai Ram, contested on the ticket of the Vikassheel Insaan Party.

By-poll to the seat was entailed by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahani. (