Nitish Kumar: The Indefatigable Survivor Who Still Shapes Bihar

The message was clear, as evident from the posters that went up early Friday morning in Patna, even as news channels began flashing the day's substantive trends projecting a landslide win for the NDA in the Bihar Assembly elections. What makes Nitish Kumar indispensable in Bihar? Opposition leaders and some analysts may have raised questions about his health, age, and ability to lead the state, but Nitish has proven them wrong, as he is set to become Chief Minister yet again.

Here's a look at Nitish Kumar's political journey