NDA Mandate Is People's Verdict, Not Purchased Votes: Smriti Irani On Bihar

Bihar Results Updates: BJP Leader Smriti Irani, speaking to NDTV, strongly defended the NDA's sweeping victory in Bihar and rejected the opposition's allegations that the election was "bought" through the ₹10,000 transfer to women voters. She said the people of Bihar themselves have answered these accusations, adding that such claims insult the dignity of the 1.3 crore women who work hard to support their families, as well as the 76 lakh farmers and crores of beneficiaries of central welfare schemes.