If the just-concluded Gujarat Assembly election is compared with the polls in all these states, Bihar comes closest to it and these are the reasons why. It went down to DNA analysis after Modi made a remark on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's political DNA. The supporters of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar started sending samples of their hair and nails to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to get them tested. OUTSIDERSA key element of the Gujarat and Bihar elections was the fight between "outsiders" and "local leaders". Keshubhai Patel, a Patidar, was anointed as the first BJP chief minister after the polls.

Source: India Today December 16, 2017 06:11 UTC