India, Oct. 7 -- With the announcement of Assembly elections in two phases on November 6 and 11, Bihar has entered full-fledged election mode, and political parties are already ramping up their campaigns. However, NDA leaders are confident that their winning social alliance will remain intact and are hopeful that a bevy of development projects and welfare measures centred on youths and women, including '10,000 cash transfer to nearly one crore women, will keep popular support on their side.

The two alliances - the NDA and Mahagathbandhan - have fortified their coalitions with new allies for the Assembly election in which poll strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor has emerged as the X factor with his assiduous campaign projecting h...