Bihar results: Nitish Kumar emerges as a superhero, says Shiv Sena

Bihar results will usher new turn in national politics, says Sena

New Delhi

: Needling BJP, its ally in Maharashtra Shiv Sena said the Bihar elections results -"denotes decline of a leader-" in an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserted that it will bring in a -"new-" turn in the country's politics.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut also said if elections were to be held in Maharashtra now, similar results will emerge. -"BJP fought the Bihar elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP should accept it. Defeat denotes the decline of a leader. If elections are held in Maharashtra now, same results will come as happened in Bihar,-" he said.

-"Nitish Kumar has emerged as a superhero. His victory was the need in Bihar. He has done good work in Bihar. I greet him on behalf of Shiv Sena. The results in Bihar will bring a new turn to politics of the country,-" he said.

He said that elections are fought on leaders and referred to Congress' defeat in Lok Sabha when its president Sonia Gandhi was held responsible.