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Bihar's NDA cabinet expanded today — the most representative ministerial team the state has ever had, with EBC, Dalit, and Mahila inductions calibrated to the seats they delivered in November. The architect of that calibration is not in the headlines. He is in the seat shares, the booth-level rosters, and the candidate selections. A profile of Vinod Tawde — BJP National General Secretary, Bihar Prabhari, and the back-office figure behind two of the most consequential elections of the cycle.
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