Today's Chanakya issues apology for getting Bihar result wrong, congratulates Grand Alliance

New Delhi: Pollster Today’s Chanakya on Sunday issued an apology for getting wrong its forecast of the Bihar Assembly elections result. “We sincerely apologise all our friends & well wishers for not able to predict Bihar. Congratulations to the winning alliance,” Today’s Chanakya twitted even as counting of millions of votes cast in the five-phase polls is underway. [caption id=“attachment_1806519” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav (right) and JD-U chief Nitish Kumar. PTI[/caption] Initial trends are giving the Grand Alliance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a thumping majority over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Today’s Chanakya had predicted 155 seats for the BJP-led NDA and a mere 83 for the Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. The polls to the 243-member Bihar assembly took place in five phases between 10 October and 5 November. IANS