Patna, April 18 -- The Lok Sabha 2024 elections, like all polls, are considered to be as significant as those in the past. However, Bihar's seven-phase elections for its 40 Parliamentary seats this time will not only decide between the NDA and the INDIA Bloc but also seal the fate for the future politics of the longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar now in his seventies, regardless of his alliances.

While it is a direct contest between the BJP-led NDA and the RJD-led INDIA Bloc, Nitish is on the 'radar' of the people of Bihar, making him the litmus test for his major coalition partner, the BJP, which has long struggled to 'install' their own candidate as head of the State Government.

As per the estimates of several politicians and ...