Beef, monkeys, tantrik and 'gaalis': 8 interesting episodes from Bihar elections 2015

BJP did not miss a chance to play the 'beef' card during these elections. The party stirred up a controversy by publishing advertisements in newspapers accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of "insulting the sacred cow".

Election Commission banned the advertisement.

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An interesting episode from the 2015 polls was when the residents of Chainpur village of Saharsa constituency refused to cast their polls because of monkey menace in their village.

From the past 15 years, this village has been struggling with the monkey invasion. The monkey population has multiplied over the years and they continue to damage seasonal crops and houses and even steal from storage areas.

Ironically, Alok Ranjan, the sitting MLA of Saharsa, who has already been in power since the past five years, promised to solve the monkey problem once the Narendra Modi government comes to power in Bihar.

Also read: Monkey Baat: People from this Bihar constituency are afraid to go out and vote. Here's why

A master campaigner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended 26 rallies to push for NDA's win in Bihar.

He was earlier expected to touch the record of 40. Also, no prime minister before Modi has visited Bihar more than a couple of times during the state Assembly elections in the past.

One of the biggest goof-up before the election was the affidavit filed by Lalu's son which showed that the RJD leader's eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav is actually younger than his other son Tejaswi Yadav.

The affidavit submitted by Tej Pratap Yadav shows his age as 25 while Tejaswi Yadav mentions his age as 26.

Another interesting aspect of this election was the verbal-wrestling between the politicians. It was during this elections that slangs like 'Jumblabazi' (or bard-trading), Narbhakshi (cannibal), chara chor (fodder thief) and 'Bihari vs Bahari' came into play.

And who can forget the epic '3-idiot' battle between Nitish and Modi-

According to a survey by Bihar Election Watch, 1,038 of the total 3,450 candidates contesting the Bihar Assembly elections 2015, had a criminal background. This actually forms 30 per cent of the total candidates from 158 political parties and independents.