New Delhi: NDTV's opinion poll for Bihar shows that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to pay a huge price for his decision to break up with the BJP. (
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The BJP and its allies are expected to win 24 of the state's 40 seats, a gain of 12 since the last election in 2009. Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United, which had won 20 seats in 2009, is likely to see its tally crash to four, a steep drop by 16 seats.
Mr Kumar had ended his 17-year alliance with the BJP last summer over its decision to project Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.
Lalu Yadav's RJD, which is contesting the polls in alliance with the Congress, is likely to win 12 seats, a gain of six seats. The two parties had contested separately in 2009 after failing to forge a seat sharing pact. The RJD had won four seats and the Congress, two.