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Veteran BJP leader Prem Kumar was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly. He will serve after being escorted to the Chair by CM Nitish Kumar and Opposition Leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Prem Kumar Elected Speaker of Bihar Assembly

Prem Kumar: Bihar Assembly Speaker

Veteran BJP leader Prem Kumar was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly. He will serve after being escorted to the Chair by CM Nitish Kumar and Opposition Leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Veteran BJP leader Prem Kumar was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Bihar assembly.
Pro-tem Speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav informed the House that Kumar was the only candidate whose name figured for the post. Thereafter, he was declared "unanimously elected" following a voice vote.
As per custom, Kumar, who recently won the Gaya Town seat for a record eighth term, was escorted to the Chair by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav. The CM urged all the members to stand up and extend their greetings to the newly elected Speaker.
The 74-year-old JD(U) supremo, however, chided some opposition leaders who kept sitting and when they stood up, grinned in appreciation.
Yadav noted in his speech that the Speaker represented a seat, which housed pilgrim spots linked to Lord Vishnu and Lord Buddha. "You are well aware that the opposition serves as a mirror to the government, which may not be able to see its own failings. We, therefore, expect you to involve us more than the ruling side," the RJD leader said.
The Speaker thanked all the members for reposing their trust in him and said he looked forward to their cooperation. Before adjourning proceedings for the day, he asserted that election of a Deputy Speaker was needed for smooth running of the House, and said the same shall take place on December 4.
Prior to election of the Speaker, the House witnessed swearing-in of members, who could not take oath on the inaugural day of the session on Monday.
These members included Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician Vinay Bihari, a multiple-term BJP MLA from Lauria, who insisted that he be allowed to read the statement of oath in his mother tongue. He, however, relented upon being told by the pro-tem Speaker that it could be read only in Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit or Maithili.

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, with 22 ministers sworn in amid NDA leaders’ presence.

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for record 10th time

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, with 22 ministers sworn in amid NDA leaders&rsquo; presence.

JD(U) president Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record tenth time at a grand ceremony, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah among those who were present at the swearing-in.
BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and the party's in-charge for the recently held state polls Dharmendra Pradhan were also among those who had flown down to attend the ceremony, where Kumar, along with a 21-member cabinet, was administered the oath of office by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.
Kumar resigned as chief minister on Wednesday and staked claim to form the new government before Governor Khan.
"My heartiest congratulations to all the colleagues who took oath as ministers in the Bihar government. This is a splendid team of dedicated leaders, which will take Bihar to new heights. My best wishes to all of them!" Modi said on X.
Modi, whose charisma had played a big role in the NDA's massive victory in the assembly polls, regaled the crowds when, towards the end of the ceremony, he rotated his 'gamchha' in his signature style.
A gigantic stage had been set up at the Gandhi Maidan, where the attendees included chief ministers from several states ruled by the NDA, prominent among them being N Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) and Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam) and Rekha Gupta (Delhi).
Prominent among those who took the oath on the occasion were Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, the leader and deputy leader, respectively, of the BJP legislative party, both of whom were deputy CMs in the previous NDA government in the state.
At least three ministers are members of the state legislative council. They are JD(U) national general secretary Ashok Choudhary, one of the most trusted aides of the CM, state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Santosh Kumar Suman.
Shreyasi Singh, an award-winning shooter who got elected from Jamui for a second consecutive term, was a new entrant into the cabinet.
Rama Nishad, wife of former Muzaffarpur MP Ajay Nishad, who had joined the BJP in the thick of elections and got elected from Aurai, has also been inducted into the state cabinet.
Another ninth-term MLA Bijendra Prasad Yadav, from the JD(U), was back in the state cabinet.
None of the inductees were from Union minister Chirag Paswan's LJPRV and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's RLM, which have 19 and four berths, respectively.
In the outgoing government, the BJP had 15 ministers, JD(U) 12, including CM Nitish Kumar, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) had one, and one minister who was an Independent candidate.

Resilience, strategic alliances, and governance reforms mark Nitish Kumar’s five-decade political career. From his first victory in 1985 to his record 10th term as Bihar CM, he has repeatedly outmaneuvered rivals.

Nitish Kumar: A resilient politician who keeps rising like a Phoenix

Resilience, strategic alliances, and governance reforms mark Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s five-decade political career. From his first victory in 1985 to his record 10th term as Bihar CM, he has repeatedly outmaneuvered rivals.

In a political career spanning 50 years, Nitish Kumar has displayed an uncanny knack for rising like a Phoenix every time sceptics and detractors have sought to write him off.
The most atypical of politicians owing their rise to post-Mandal politics, Nitish Kumar stood out for his ability to address the governance deficit, unlike a majority of the breed reared in the socialist stable, but was often accused of pursuing politics of opportunism.
Call it political opportunism or sagacity, his moves, in effect, have not allowed the BJP to appoint its own chief minister to date, despite enjoying a near hegemonic status nationally and the best performance in recently held assembly polls where the saffron party bagged 89 seats, followed by the JD(U) with 85.
Kumar is among the 10 longest-serving CMs in the country. He has been in power for 19 years. His frequent switching sides in his political career earned him the nickname 'Paltu Ram', whereas he is also called 'Sushashan Babu' for good governance.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, his JD(U) outperformed the BJP in terms of strike rate, winning as many seats despite contesting one less than the saffron party, which now depends on the state ally for survival in power at the Centre, having fallen short of a majority.
An engineer by training who had taken an active part in the JP movement, Kumar spurned a job offer from the state electricity department and decided to take the political gamble, an oddity among educated youth in Bihar for whom the lure of "sarkaari naukri" remains undiminished.
Unlike Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan, his co-travellers during the movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan, electoral success eluded Kumar for long. He got the first taste of victory, after three successive defeats, in the 1985 assembly polls when he won from Harnaut as a candidate of the Lok Dal. Four years later, he entered the Lok Sabha from Barh even as fellow MP from Saran Lalu Prasad shifted to Bihar, taking over as the CM and scripting a spectacular success story.
The next decade and a half saw Prasad's rise as one of the most powerful but controversial figures of his time, who ruled the state by proxy, getting his demure homemaker wife Rabri Devi elected as his successor, when a charge sheet in the fodder scam caused him to step down as the CM. During the same period, Kumar burnt his bridges with Prasad, floated the Samata Party, and built his own political edifice brick by brick.
The Samata Party joined forces with the BJP, and Kumar made a mark for himself as an outstanding parliamentarian. After a rift between Sharad Yadav, the then Janata Dal president, and Lalu Prasad, the latter broke away and formed the RJD. The Samata Party merged with Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal while continuing its alliance with the BJP.
After the NDA lost power in 2004, a victory in Bihar held out the promise of a degree of redemption for the BJP-led alliance. Attempts to wrest power from the RJD-Congress combine, then in power at the Centre as well, after the NDA fell short of a majority in the assembly polls of February 2005, were stymied by Governor Buta Singh's controversial move to dissolve the assembly, without it having even been constituted, in the face of alleged horse trading.
This proved a blessing in disguise for Kumar, who was projected as the chief ministerial candidate in the elections that took place nine months later, and the JD(U)-BJP combine got a comfortable majority, bringing the so-called "Lalu era" to an end.
Kumar's first five years as CM are recalled with admiration even by critics, marked as these were by vast improvement in law and order. Realising fully well that, unlike Lalu, he did not have the advantage of belonging to a populous caste group, Kumar created sub-quotas among OBCs and Dalits who were called "Ati Pichhda" (EBC) and "Mahadalits". He also brought in measures like free bicycles and school uniforms for school-going girls, which won him much adulation, and saw him return to power in 2010, leading the JD(U)-BJP coalition to a landslide victory in the assembly polls.
He ultimately snapped his party's 17-year-old ties with the BJP in 2013 when Modi was anointed BJP's campaign committee chief for the 2014 LS polls. After parting ways with the BJP, he won a trust vote with Congress' support, but stepped down in 2014, owning moral responsibility for the JD(U)'s drubbing in the LS elections.
In less than a year, he was back as the CM, elbowing out his rebellious protege Jitan Ram Manjhi with support from the RJD and Congress. The Grand Alliance that came into being with the JD(U), Congress and RJD coming together, won the 2017 assembly polls but came apart in just two years, after Kumar insisted that Lalu's son and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, whose name had cropped up in a money laundering case related to the time when RJD supremo was the railway minister, "come clear" on the issue.
He abruptly resigned as the CM as the RJD refused to budge, only to be back in office in less than 24 hours with BJP's support. His acceptability in political camps on either side of the ideological divide was on display when he dumped the BJP in 2022, accusing it of having tried to "break" the JD(U), and, while surviving in power with RJD, Congress, and Left as new allies, cobbled together a new front that was to be known as the INDIA bloc.
True to form, he jettisoned the anti-BJP front when he felt it was not giving him the respect that was his due, only to be welcomed back into the NDA with open arms.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took oath for a record 10th time, extending his 19-year tenure and joining India’s top 10 longest-serving chief ministers alongside leaders.

Nitish Kumar among top 10 longest-serving chief ministers

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took oath for a record 10th time, extending his 19-year tenure and joining India&rsquo;s top 10 longest-serving chief ministers alongside leaders.

No chief minister in the country would have taken oath as many times as Bihar&rsquo;s longest-serving CM Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in for a record 10th term on Thursday.
At 74, Kumar also achieved another milestone of extending his 19-year stint as CM and breaking into the national top-10 list of longest-serving heads of government.
Kumar assumed office as chief minister in a grand swearing-in ceremony at Patna's Gandhi Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, besides several top NDA leaders.
Born in 1951 in Bihar's Bakhtiyarpur, Kumar entered politics during the JP Movement. He joined the Janata Party and unsuccessfully contested his first assembly elections in 1977. His first electoral victory was in 1985.
His frequent switching of sides in his nearly five-decade-long political career earned him the nickname 'Paltu Ram', whereas he is also called 'Sushashan Babu' for his good governance.
As the country's political landscape turns another page, Kumar joins the ranks of the nation&rsquo;s 10 longest-serving CMs, a list dominated for decades by stalwarts such as Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim and Naveen Patnaik of Odisha.
List of long-serving CMs:
1) Sikkim: Pawan Kumar Chamling (Over 25 years) December 12, 1994 - May 26, 2019.
2) Odisha: Naveen Patnaik (Over 24 years) March 5, 2000 - June 11, 2024.
3) West Bengal: Jyoti Basu (Over 23 years) June 21, 1977 - November 5, 2000.
4) Arunachal Pradesh: Gegong Apang (Over 22 years) January 18, 1980 - January 19, 1999; August 3, 2003 - April 9, 2007.
5) Mizoram: Lal Thanhawla (Over 22 years) May 5, 1984 - August 21, 1986; January 24, 1989 - December 3, 1998; December 11, 2008 - December 15, 2018.
6) Himachal Pradesh: Virbhadra Singh (Over 21 years) April 8, 1983 - March 5, 1990; December 3, 1993 - March 24, 1998; March 6, 2003 - December 30, 2007; December 25, 2012 - December 27, 2017.
7) Tripura: Manik Sarkar (Over 19 years) March 11, 1998 - March 9, 2018.
8) Bihar: Nitish Kumar (About 19 years) March 3, 2000, to March 11, 2000; November 24, 2005, to May 20, 2014, and February 22, 2015, to November 19, 2025.
9) Tamil Nadu: M Karunanidhi (Over 18 years) February 10, 1969 - January 31, 1976; January 27, 1989 - January 30, 1991; May 13, 1996 - May 14, 2001; May 13, 2006 - May 16, 2011.
10) Punjab: Parkash Singh Badal (Over 18 years) March 27, 1970 - June 14, 1971; June 20, 1977 - February 17, 1980; February 12, 1997 - February 26, 2002; March 1, 2007 - March 16, 2017.

Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, representing the OBC Koeri Kushwaha community, was sworn in as Bihar minister at Gandhi Maidan and appointed president of the state BJP unit.

Samrat Choudhary sworn in as Bihar minister, named state BJP chief

Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, representing the OBC Koeri Kushwaha community, was sworn in as Bihar minister at Gandhi Maidan and appointed president of the state BJP unit.

Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, who has been considered the OBC face of the party, was sworn in as the minister of Bihar.
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Choudhary during a programme at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Choudhary, son of former minister Shakuni Choudhary, was a member of the legislative council in the state and had served as the deputy chief minister in the previous NDA government.
He won the assembly elections from Tarapur this time. In 2010, he had won the adjoining Parbatta seat on an RJD ticket. He did not contest the 2015 and 2020 polls.
He belongs to the Koeri Kushwaha community. Choudhary was appointed president of the Bihar unit of the BJP, replacing Sanjay Jaiswal.&nbsp;

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth term as NDA leaders finalise cabinet berths, with massive arrangements underway for the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.

Nitish Kumar to take oath as CM of Bihar for record 10th time

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth term as NDA leaders finalise cabinet berths, with massive arrangements underway for the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.

JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Along with him, 19 ministers are expected to take oath.
The swearing-in ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president J P Nadda and several other top leaders of NDA. The event will also be attended by chief ministers of several NDA-ruled states. Shah and Nadda have already arrived in the state capital.
Kumar resigned as the Bihar CM on Wednesday and then staked claim before Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to form the new government.
Apart from the Cabinet berths for the main NDA constituents, the BJP and JD(U), the other partners of the alliance are also likely to get one ministerial post for every six MLAs to ensure a balanced representation.
According to sources, eight MLAs each from BJP and JD(U) will take oath during the day. On the other hand, one ministerial berth each will likely go to the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) or HAM(S), three to Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).
Those eight JD(U) MLAs include Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Vijay Choudhary, Shrowan Kumar, Lesi Singh, Mohammad Zama Khan, Sunil Kumar and Ashok Chowdhary. So far as BJP MLAs are concerned, Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha and Renu Devi are also expected to become ministers.
A three-day session of the newly constituted assembly will start from November 26 in which the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be elected and new members will take oath. The BJP's Prem Kumar is likely to be elected as Speaker of the assembly.
Sources said the new Cabinet will be expanded after Makar Sankranti on January 14 next year. Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place, and over three lakh people are anticipated at the event, a senior official said.
The NDA stormed back to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM(S) 5 and RLM 4.

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar was elected leader of its legislature party in Patna, ahead of being chosen as NDA leader and taking oath as Bihar CM for a record 10th time on Thursday.

Nitish Kumar chosen as leader of JD(U) legislature party in Bihar

Nitish Kumar's Historic 10th Term as Bihar CM

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar was elected leader of its legislature party in Patna, ahead of being chosen as NDA leader and taking oath as Bihar CM for a record 10th time on Thursday.

JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar was chosen as the leader of its legislature party during a meeting of newly elected MLAs in Bihar's capital Patna on Wednesday, state minister Shrawon Kumar said.
The decision was taken ahead of a meeting of NDA constituents, where Kumar is also expected to be chosen as the leader of the alliance in the state.
Talking to PTI, Shrawon Kumar said, &ldquo;Nitish Kumar has been chosen as JD(U)&rsquo;s legislature party leader by the newly elected MLAs."
The meeting was held at 'Samvad' located at the Chief Minister's Secretariat, and attended by all newly elected MLAs and 22 Legislative Council members of the party, he said.
"A proposal for Nitish Kumar as the JD(U) legislature party leader was moved by party leaders Vijay Choudhary and Umesh Kushwaha and was seconded by senior JD(U) leader Bijendra Yadav. Later, the proposal was also seconded by JD(U) working national president Sanjay Jha and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan'," Shrawon Kumar said.
After he was elected JD(U) legislature party leader, "Nitish Kumar addressed all the party leaders who attended the meeting and asked them to work tirelessly for the welfare of the state", the JD(U) leader said.
Kumar, who will take oath as Bihar CM for a record 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, is set to be elected the leader of the NDA during a meeting of the constituents of the five-party alliance, Shrawon Kumar said.
The JD(U) supremo will meet Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in the evening, requesting him to initiate the process for the formation of the new government, he said.
Kumar will also submit a letter of support from all NDA constituents to the governor for the formation of the new government, he said.
The current assembly will be dissolved on Wednesday, he said.
The NDA stormed back to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM 5 and RLM 4.
In the run-up to the high-stakes polls, the 75-year-old leader doled out benefits like hike in social security pensions and stipends for 'Jeevika' and Asha and Anganwadi workers, besides the much-touted Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, as part of which over one crore women have got Rs 10,000 each in their bank accounts.
The longest serving chief minister of the state, nonetheless, remained unfazed by criticisms and also allegations of detractors that the BJP was out to do a "Shinde" to him, an allusion to his former Maharashtra counterpart Eknath Shinde, who was elbowed out after the saffron party outshone the Shiv Sena in assembly polls to the western state.
Born in 1951 in Bihar's Bakhtiyarpur, Nitish Kumar entered politics during the JP Movement. He joined the Janata Party and unsuccessfully contested his first assembly elections in 1977. His first electoral victory was in 1985.

Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary was elected the party’s legislature party leader in Patna, with Vijay Kumar Sinha chosen as deputy leader, as the NDA prepares to form the new Bihar government on November 20.

Samrat Choudhary named BJP legislature party leader in Bihar

Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary was elected the party&rsquo;s legislature party leader in Patna, with Vijay Kumar Sinha chosen as deputy leader, as the NDA prepares to form the new Bihar government on November 20.

Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary was named its legislature party leader during a meeting of newly elected MLAs in Bihar's Patna on Wednesday, UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said.
The newly elected MLAs also chose Vijay Kumar Sinha as deputy leader of the BJP's legislature party, he said.
Maurya, who was present in the meeting, said, &ldquo;Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were elected as the leader and deputy leader of the BJP&rsquo;s legislature party, respectively."&nbsp;
While Choudhary won from the Tarapur assembly seat, Sinha retained the Lakhisarai constituency in the recently concluded assembly polls.
The new government will be formed on November 20.The NDA stormed back to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM 5 and RLM 4.&nbsp;

NDA partners are negotiating cabinet allocations and the Assembly Speaker post ahead of Bihar’s new government swearing-in on November 20, with both BJP and JD(U) asserting claims and discussions underway in New Delhi.

Intense lobbying for Bihar Cabinet berths, JD (U), BJP both want Speaker's post

NDA partners are negotiating cabinet allocations and the Assembly Speaker post ahead of Bihar&rsquo;s new government swearing-in on November 20, with both BJP and JD(U) asserting claims and discussions underway in New Delhi.

Intense lobbying is still on among NDA partners to finalise the allocation of cabinet berths and a consensus over the post of Assembly Speaker ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bihar government, scheduled to take place in Patna on November 20.
Sources on Tuesday said efforts are on to evolve a consensus among NDA partners over the post of Assembly Speaker as both the BJP and the JD(U) are staking their claim to the post.
In the outgoing Assembly, BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav served as Speaker, while JD(U)'s Narendra Narayan Yadav held the position of Deputy Speaker.
Senior JD(U) leaders and BJP top brass are holding meetings in this regard in New Delhi, with the Speaker's post high on the agenda, along with the allocation of key ministerial portfolios, sources said.
Leaders of both parties that are considered as front-runners for the post of Speaker include JD(U)'s Vijay Choudhary and BJP's Prem Kumar, sources said.
The sources said the new cabinet will have five to six new faces from the main constituents of the NDA &mdash; the BJP and JD(U).
Umesh Singh Kushwaha, JD(U) chief of the state unit who won from the Mahnar assembly seat, is likely to be inducted in the new cabinet of Nitish Kumar, who will take oath as Bihar CM for a record 10th time on November 20.
Kumar will submit his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, as head of the outgoing government, on November 19, and the current assembly will be dissolved the same day (on Wednesday).
Both JD(U) and BJP will elect their Legislature Party leaders on November 19 respectively.
The NDA stormed to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM 5 and RLM 4.
While JD(U) is all set to repeat its current ministers in the next cabinet, the BJP may bring some new faces, sources said.
Along with the JD(U) and the BJP, the smaller partners &mdash; Union minister Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV), Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM-S, and Upendra Kushwaha's RLM &mdash; will also be part of the new cabinet.
"The LJP(RV) is likely to get three berths in the new state cabinet while the HAM-S and RLM one berth each. A maximum of 16 ministers from the BJP and 14 ministers and Nitish Kumar from JD(U) will take oath on November 20," a source said.
"We are looking forward to having greater representation in the new cabinet, compared with the last one in which our party had only 12 ministers. We want more berths in the cabinet because our tally has risen sharply since 2020, when we had less than 50 MLAs," JD(U) sources said.
The historic Gandhi Maidan, where the swearing-in ceremony will be held, has been closed to the general public until November 20. There is a complete ban on the entry of common people into the Gandhi Maidan till November 20, the Patna district administration said in a statement on Monday.
A large number of security personnel have been deployed as the swearing-in ceremony is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Several top NDA leaders, including Union Home minister Amit Shah, Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, are expected to attend the event.

Jan Suraaj Party leader Prashant Kishor claimed Bihar’s JD(U) distributed cash and promised large payments to women before the elections, alleging “vote purchase.”

JD(U) would have won less than 25 seats had it not given Rs 10,000 to women: Kishor

Jan Suraaj Party leader Prashant Kishor claimed Bihar&rsquo;s JD(U) distributed cash and promised large payments to women before the elections, alleging &ldquo;vote purchase.&rdquo;

Jan Suraaj Party leader Prashant Kishor on Tuesday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) would have been limited to just 25 seats had his government not given Rs 10,000 to over 60,000 beneficiaries in each constituency just before the assembly elections and promised Rs 2 lakh to 1.5 crore women across the state under a self-employment scheme.
He accused the NDA government of promising Rs 40,000 crore of people's money, and rolling out a large chunk of it just ahead of the elections.
Addressing a press conference in Patna, Kishor said that his Jan Suraaj Party made an honest effort to make people understand the issues facing them but failed to make a mark in the polls, and that he took full responsibility for the debacle.
"None of our candidates is going to the assembly. People's mandate for us is to go among the people and struggle," he said.
Citing an English phrase, he said, "You are not defeated until you quit."
"We may have made mistakes, but have not committed the crime of doing divisive politics and buying the votes of the innocent people," he added.
Kishor also alleged that 'vote chori' (theft of votes) is a pan-India issue, and urged national opposition parties to hold deliberations on the matter and move the Supreme Court, if needed.
"We received a setback, but we will rectify the mistakes, build ourselves and come back stronger... there is no going back for us," he asserted.
On the question whether he failed to understand Bihar, he said, "Yes, I failed to understand Bihar, unlike Nitish Kumar, BJP leader Samrat Choudhary and others who divided people on caste and religious lines and bought votes of people using money."
"To not get votes is not a crime... at least I have not indulged in corruption or divisive politics," he said.
Kishor said he would "definitely quit" politics if the NDA government fulfils its poll promise and gives Rs 2 lakh each to Rs 1.5 crore women under self-employment initiatives.
The Jan Suraaj leader was alluding to his pre-poll claim of quitting politics if JD(U) got more than 25 seats.
"Between Nitish Kumar and his victory, there is only one thing -- buying of 60,000 votes in each assembly constituency at Rs 10,000. It should be made clear whether it was a vote purchase or part of a self-employment programme," he said.
"People have given the mandate to NDA, now it's on the shoulders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar to work on fulfilling their poll promises," he said.
"Self-employment is very important; they must give the Rs 2 lakh they promised. This will prove that the sum of 10,000 given to women was a welfare initiative. People who don't get the money in six months' time can come to Jan Suraaj, we will fight to ensure they get the amount," he said.
He also urged Modi and Kumar to keep the corrupt and criminals out of the government when it is formed.
Notably, before the polls, Kishor had raised the issue of charges of crime and corruption against several NDA leaders, including Samrat Chaudhary, Ashok Chaudhary, and Mangal Pandey.
Kishor said that as repentance on not being able to make people understand on what issues they should vote, he would hold a fast for a day at Bhitiharwa in West Champaran district on November 20, when the new NDA government is likely to take oath.
The NDA stormed to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM five and RLM four. Jan Suraaj Party failed to open its account in its maiden polls.
Under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana, the Bihar government gave the first instalment of Rs 10,000 to beneficiaries and promised credit Rs 2 lakh more over subsequent instalments.

Tej Pratap Yadav has strongly defended his sister Rohini Acharya after she accused Tejashwi Yadav and his aide of humiliating her, warning that those betraying the family will “pay the price”.

'Jaichands will have to pay price, face consequences': Tej Pratap on 'insult' to Rohini Acharya

Tej Pratap Yadav has strongly defended his sister Rohini Acharya after she accused Tejashwi Yadav and his aide of humiliating her, warning that those betraying the family will &ldquo;pay the price&rdquo;.

Tej Pratap Yadav, the chief of Janshakti Janta Dal and elder son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, has come out in support of his sister, Rohini Acharya, following her recent public allegations of humiliation by her brother Tejashwi Yadav and aide, Sanjay Yadav, stating "Jaichands will have to pay the price and face the consequences".
The former Bihar minister, who lost the election from Mahua assembly seat, voiced his sentiments in support of his sister Rohini Acharya in a post on his X handle, blaming the crisis on 'Jaichand', a metaphor for traitors.
"I will not tolerate the insult to our sister under any circumstances... Jaichands will have to pay the price for their misdeeds... they will have to face the consequences. Whatever has happened with Rohni didi has shaken me. I tolerated whatever happened to me, but I can't tolerate this insult to my sister. It's unacceptable and unbearable," Yadav said.
"I must tell all these Jaichands... If they target our family, people of Bihar will never forgive them," he added.
RJD president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya on Sunday alleged that she has been "sworn at" and accused of extracting "crores of rupees and a party ticket" in exchange for a "filthy kidney" that she gave to her ailing father.
A day after having left for Delhi, claiming that she had been "driven out" of her parents' home by the cohorts of her younger brother Tejashwi Yadav, the 47-year-old shared lurid details of what took place at their place after the party suffered a debacle in the Bihar assembly polls.
In a couple of posts on her X handle, Acharya alleged, "I was sworn at (gandi galiyan di gayi)", and was "accused of having given my filthy (gandi) kidney to my father" in exchange for "crores of rupees and a party ticket".
Acharya, who had donated a kidney to Prasad a few years ago, had contested last year's Lok Sabha polls, unsuccessfully, from Saran.
In her emotionally charged posts, she rued having made the sacrifice to save her father's life "without caring for the approval of my husband and my in-laws or for the well-being of my three children".
In a dig at Tejashwi Yadav, her father's heir apparent, she said, "May all married women, if they have a brother, never take such a step. They should ask their brother to donate his own kidney or that of a Haryanvi friend."

HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and RLM president Upendra Kushwaha met Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi as NDA allies discussed Bihar government formation, cabinet representation, and preparations for the new administration.

NDA Leaders Strategize with BJP in Bihar After Victory

Bihar NDA Allies Strategize with BJP

HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and RLM president Upendra Kushwaha met Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi as NDA allies discussed Bihar government formation, cabinet representation, and preparations for the new administration.

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha have held separate meetings with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was the BJP's election in-charge in Bihar, at his residence here.
The BJP's in-charge of political affairs in Bihar, Vinod Tawde, was also present when the two NDA allies visited Pradhan's residence on Sunday. This comes amid the NDA's preparations to form a government in Bihar after its landslide victory in the state assembly polls.
"Met Union Minister and Bihar BJP in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan and Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary Vinod Tawde, who worked tirelessly to ensure a massive victory of the NDA in the Bihar Assembly elections, 2025, and congratulated them," Manjhi, who is also a Union minister, said in an X post.
He also posted pictures of his meeting with the two BJP leaders.
After meeting Pradhan at his residence, Kushwaha, in a post in Hindi on X, said, "I met Union Education Minister and in-charge of Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar elections, Dharmendra Pradhan, and congratulated him on the grand victory of the NDA."
The RLM chief also posted a picture of his meeting with the senior BJP leader.
Sources said both Manjhi and Kushwaha discussed with the BJP leaders government formation in Bihar and representation of their parties in the state cabinet.
Decks were being cleared on Sunday for the formation of a new government in Bihar with the scheduling of the last meeting of the outgoing cabinet, which would, understandably, authorise Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to take necessary action.
According to a notification of the cabinet secretariat department, the council of ministers will meet on Monday, when, according to a senior JD(U) leader, a resolution will be passed to "authorise" Kumar to meet the governor with the proposal to dissolve the outgoing assembly.

The NDA secured a sweeping mandate in the Bihar Assembly elections with 183 seats, as the BJP became the largest party followed by JD(U). The INDIA bloc lagged far behind with 32 seats.

Bihar election results: BJP-led NDA secures three-fourth majority in 243-member Assembly, bags 183 seats

The NDA secured a sweeping mandate in the Bihar Assembly elections with 183 seats, as the BJP became the largest party followed by JD(U). The INDIA bloc lagged far behind with 32 seats.

The ruling NDA decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday to retain power, reaffirming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's enduring appeal and dealing a body blow to the Congress and ally RJD.
The massive scale of the victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) can be gauged from the fact that its two main constituents&mdash;BJP and JD(U)&mdash;clocked a nearly 85 per cent strike rate in 101 seats each they had contested. The alliance secured a "200 paar" win for a three-fourths majority with the BJP emerging as the single largest party.
"The people of Bihar, with this massive victory and their unshakable confidence, have taken the state by storm (garda uda diya)," Prime Minister Modi told cheering party workers at the BJP headquarters in Delhi in the evening after accepting their greetings by waving a 'gamcha'.
While the BJP won 89 seats, up from 74 in 2020, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal(U) tasted success in 85 constituencies, up from 43. The majority mark in the 243-member Assembly is 122.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) seat tally slipped to 25 from 75, and Congress bagged only six out of the 61 seats it contested, down from 19.
Hailing the NDA's huge win, Prime Minister Modi said it has given a new 'MY -- Mahila and Youth' formula with the people destroying the "communal MY formula of the jungle raj people".
In an apparent reference to the Muslim-Yadav support base of the RJD, Modi said that in Bihar some parties had formulated an "MY formula" but today's victory has given a new "positive MY -- Mahila and Youth" formula.
Overcoming anti-incumbency, Chief Minister Kumar thanked the people of the state for giving a "landslide" victory for the NDA.
"People of the state have expressed their confidence in our government by giving us a landslide mandate in the polls. For this, I bow to all the esteemed voters of the state, and express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks," Kumar wrote in a post on X. He also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Modi for his continuous support to the NDA government in the state.
A mix of state and central welfare schemes, including the monetary aid to women as part of the NDA's women-centric outreach, a constant reminder of the "jungle raj" during the RJD rule by Modi and other NDA campaigners, and the viability of a double-engine government appears to have largely contributed to their landslide victory.
Navigating the complex caste and community dynamics, NDA's wider caste alliance that dented the Mahagatbandhan's core vote bank, multiple welfare schemes targeted at Economically Backward Class (EBC) households, huge support from women who overwhelmingly supported the liquor ban, and from young voters also helped the five-party alliance.
One of the most striking features of this election was the extraordinary turnout of women voters.
The NDA also appeared to have done well in Muslim-dominated constituencies, signalling a possible change in voting pattern in these segments.
Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), dubbed the 'X factor' in the Bihar polls and whose candidates were in the fray in all but three of the seats, came a cropper.
The party, floated by the former political strategist, failed to galvanise votes in its favour, despite a high-pitched campaign and raising pressing issues such as unemployment, migration and dearth of industries.
Celebrations erupted at the offices of the BJP and JD(U) in Patna, situated across the street from each other, with workers playing drums, bursting firecrackers and chanting slogans in praise of their respective leaders.
In front of the residence of the chief minister, the JD(U)'s 75-year-old national president, party workers posed for photographs holding aloft posters with the caption 'Tiger Abhi Zinda Hai'.
'Tiger Abhi Zinda Hai'&mdash;the title of a Bollywood blockbuster&mdash;neatly captured the gist of Chief Minister Kumar's "neither tired nor in a mood to retire" stance.
Shocking his rivals, Kumar, an electrical engineering graduate, had a point to prove in the latest assembly elections, which were held amid speculation of a fatigue factor, if not downright anti-incumbency, made worse by rumours of his indifferent health.
He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister, whilst also holding the post for his 9th term.
In the run-up to the high stakes polls, Kumar, who has earned the nickname of 'sushasan babu' (the man of good governance), aggressively doled out benefits like hike in social security pensions and stipends for Jeevika and Aasha and Aanganwadi workers, besides the much touted 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana', as part of which over one crore women have got Rs 10,000 each in their bank accounts.
Kumar was not in the electoral fray this time too as he has consistently taken the legislative council route to enter the state legislature.
BJP's performance would further cement its position as the numero uno political force in the country and also offset whatever setback that might have been caused by last year's Lok Sabha polls when the party had to rely on allies to remain in power in the Centre.
The NDA's tally in Bihar comes in the backdrop of the BJP's back-to-back stunning performances in Delhi, Maharashtra and Haryana. Last year, the BJP had won 132 of the 149 seats it had contested in Maharashtra.
The strong backing to Chief Minister Kumar by Modi and his ministers during their poll campaign also appeared to have paid rich dividends for the JD(U).
The LJP(RV), headed by Union minister Chirag Paswan, the self-declared "Hanuman" of the Prime Minister, which was left with only 28 candidates in the fray, with nomination papers of one of its nominees getting rejected during scrutiny, won 19 seats.
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwah's Rashtriya Lok Morcha, both junior partners in the NDA, won five and four seats respectively. Both parties had contested six seats each. To consolidate Dalit support, the BJP banked on its two key allies&mdash;Manjhi and Paswan.
The Mahagathbandhan, which includes the RJD, the Congress and three Left parties, faced a crushing defeat, notwithstanding surveys and opinion polls showing its Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav as the most preferred leader for the top post.
Yadav, who according to Prime Minister Modi was declared a chief ministerial candidate after the RJD put a "katta" on the head of its alliance partners, was trailing initially before he recovered ground in Raghopur, the RJD stronghold. He defeated BJP candidate Satish Kumar by 14,532 votes.
Mahagatbahndhan also struggled to retain its strongholds. The Muslim and Yadav (M-Y) combination traditionally formed the bedrock of the RJD's support base in Bihar.
It was an embarrassing loss of face for the Congress, often seen as a "weak link" in the INDIA bloc. Rahul Gandhi's poll campaign against the BJP that revolved around his "Vote Chori" (vote theft) allegations failed to garner any support.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owais's AIMIM, which has often been accused of being a "B-team" of the BJP, won five seats. The party had contested 32 seats.
Indian Inclusive Party got one seat with its Saharsa candidate Indrajeet Prasad Gupta defeating BJP's Alok Ranjan.
The NDA's victory in the Bihar polls, which were held in two phases amid alleged irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission, is also significant as many see it as a prelude to assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, scheduled to be held in the next six months.

Prime Minister Modi criticises Congress’ negative politics, warns of a major split, and brands it ‘Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress’ as NDA secures sweeping Bihar victory.

Major split could happen in Congress, it has become 'Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress': PM Modi

Prime Minister Modi criticises Congress&rsquo; negative politics, warns of a major split, and brands it &lsquo;Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress&rsquo; as NDA secures sweeping Bihar victory.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there is "deep disappointment and anger" brewing within the Congress over the path on which its "naamdaars" are taking it on and a "major split" could hit the party ahead.
Addressing party workers and supporters at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Modi also said the Congress has become "Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress -- MMC" and its entire agenda revolves around this.
"The basis of the Congress' politics is now just negative politics. Sometimes it gives the slogan of 'chowkidar chor hai', other times it wastes the time of Parliament, sometimes it attacks institutions, sometimes it raises questions on EVMs, sometimes it abuses the Election Commission, other times it makes false allegations of 'vote chori', divides people on caste and religious lines, and puts forward the agenda of the enemies of the country," he said.
"The Congress has no positive vision for the country. The truth is that today the Congress has become the Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress -- MMC. The Congress' entire agenda revolves around this, so now a new faction is emerging within Congress itself, which is uncomfortable with this negative politics. There is deep disappointment and deep anger brewing within the party regarding the path on which the 'namdaars' of the Congress are taking the party on," Modi said.
"I suspect there might be another major split in Congress ahead," he said.
The prime minister pointed out that in the last three Lok Sabha polls, the Congress has not been able to touch three digits. After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections have been held in six states of the country, and in these elections, the number of MLAs of the Congress elected is less than the number of MLAs that "we have won just today", Modi said.
He said people's confidence in the party which ruled the country for decades is continuously decreasing. The Congress has been out of power in several states in the country -- 35 years in Bihar, 30 years in Gujarat, about four decades in Uttar Pradesh and five decades in West Bengal, he said.
"The allies of the Congress are also now understanding that due to its negative politics, it is drowning everyone. I had said during the Bihar polls that the 'naamdaar' of the Congress, by taking a dip in the pond, is practising how to drown and take everyone down," he said, in an apparent swipe at Gandhi who had jumped in a pond while interacting with fishermen in Bihar during the campaign.
"From this platform, I had warned the Congress allies that the party is a liability and is such a parasite that wants to eat into the vote bank of its allies to make a comeback and, therefore, its associates need to be wary of the Congress," Modi said.
The prime minister said he had stated earlier during the polls that the rift between the RJD and the Congress would soon come out in the open.
The ruling NDA decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday to retain power, reaffirming Prime Minister Modi's popularity and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's enduring appeal and dealing a body blow to the Congress and ally RJD.

In the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, BJP and JD(U) secure key victories, while RJD retains limited constituencies. First-time entrants also make notable wins in major seats.

Bihar elections results 2025: Key winners and notable losers

In the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, BJP and JD(U) secure key victories, while RJD retains limited constituencies. First-time entrants also make notable wins in major seats.

The Bihar Assembly elections of 2025 witnessed intense competition among the BJP, JD(U), and RJD, with several seasoned politicians and first-time entrants battling for key constituencies. While the BJP and JD(U) secured significant victories in many seats, the RJD managed to retain some strongholds despite suffering notable losses. Below is a detailed breakdown of the major winners and losers from each party.
<h3>BJP Major Winners</h3>
Samrat Choudhary &ndash; Tarapur
- Votes polled: 1,22,480
- Margin: 45,843
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Arun Kumar
 Vijay Sinha &ndash; Lakhisarai
- Votes polled: 1,22,408
- Margin: 24,940
- Defeated: Congress&rsquo; Amaresh Kumar
 Maithili Thakur (First-time entrant) &ndash; Alinagar
- Votes polled: 84,915
- Margin: 11,730
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Binod Mishra
 Nitish Mishra &ndash; Jhanjharpur
- Votes polled: 1,07,958
- Margin: 54,849
- Defeated: CPI&rsquo;s Ram Narayan Yadav
- 2020: Votes 1,79,266 | Margin 41,788
 Mangal Pandey (First-time entrant) &ndash; Siwan
- Votes polled: 92,379
- Margin: 9,370
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Awadh Bihari Choudhary
 Shreyashi Singh &ndash; Jamui
- Votes polled: 1,23,868
- Margin: 54,498
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Mohammad Shamshad Alam
 Nitin Nabin &ndash; Bankipur
- Votes polled: 98,299
- Margin: 51,936
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Rekha Kumar
- 2020: Votes 1,39,470 | Margin 39,036
 Jibesh Kumar &ndash; Jale
- Votes polled: 1,00,496
- Margin: 21,862
- Defeated: Congress&rsquo; Rishi Mishra
- 2020: Votes 1,65,548 | Margin 21,796
 Prem Kumar &ndash; Gaya Town
- Votes polled: 90,878
- Margin: 5,601
- 2020: Votes 1,32,678 | Margin 11,898
 Renu Devi &ndash; Bettiah
- Votes polled: 91,907
- Margin: 22,373
- Defeated: Congress&rsquo; Washi Ahmad
- 2020: Votes 1,57,915 | Margin 18,079
<h3> RJD Major Winners &amp; Losers</h3>
 Tejashi Yadav &ndash; Raghopur
- Votes polled: 1,18,597
- Margin: 14,532
- Defeated: BJP&rsquo;s Satish Kumar
- 2020: Votes 1,95,395 | Margin 38,174
 Awadh Bihari Chaudhary &ndash; Siwan (Lost)
- Votes polled: 83,009
- Margin: Lost by 9,370
- 2020: Votes 1,68,103 | Margin 1,973
 Osama Shahab (First-time entrant) &ndash; Raghunathpur
- Votes polled: 88,278
- Margin: 9,248
 Alok Kumar Mehta &ndash; Ujiarpur
- Votes polled: 86,424
- Margin: 16,283
- Defeated: Rashtriya Lok Morcha&rsquo;s Prashant Kumar Pankaj
- 2020: Votes 1,84,677 | Margin 23,268
 Veena Devi &ndash; Bettiah (Lost)
- Votes polled: 63,210
- Margin: Lost by 28,206 to jailed former MLA Anant Kumar Singh (JD(U))
<h3> JD(U) Major Winners</h3>
Vijay Kumar Choudhary &ndash; Sarairanjan
- Votes polled: 1,02,792
- Margin: 20,798
-Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Arbind Kumar Sahni
- 2020: Votes 1,66,850 | Margin 3,624
 Shrawon Kumar &ndash; Nalanda
- Votes polled: 1,05,432
- Margin: 33,008
- Defeated: Congress&rsquo; Kaushalendra Kumar
- 2020: Votes 1,68,236 | Margin 16,077
 Sunil Kumar &ndash; Bhorey
- Votes polled: 1,01,469
- Margin: 16,163
- Defeated: CPI-ML (Liberation) Dhananjay
- 2020: Votes 1,74,851 | Margin 462
 Sheela Kumari &ndash; Phulparas
- Votes polled: 93,677
- Margin: 14,099
- Defeated: Congress&rsquo; Subodh Mandal
- 2020: Votes 1,78,161 | Margin 10,966
 Leshi Singh &ndash; Dhamdaha
- Votes polled: 85,733
- Margin: 42,361
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Santosh Kumar
- 2020: Votes 1,98,740 | Margin 33,594
 Aniruddha Prasad Yadav &ndash; Nirmali
- Votes polled: 1,18,904
- Margin: 37,310
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Baidyanath Mehta
- 2020: Votes 1,82,613 | Margin 43,922
 Binay Kumar Choudhary &ndash; Benipur
- Votes polled: 84,207
- Margin: 13,603
- Defeated: Congress&rsquo; Mithilesh Kumar Choudhary
- 2020: Votes 1,58,807 | Margin 6,590
 Maheshwar Hazari &ndash; Kalyanpur
- Votes polled: 1,18,162
- Margin: 38,586
- Defeated: CPI(ML) L&rsquo;s Ranjeet Kumar Ram
- 2020: Votes 1,81,039 | Margin 10,251
 Anant Singh &ndash; Mokama
- Votes polled: 91,416
- Margin: 28,206
- Defeated: RJD&rsquo;s Veena Devi
- 2020 (RJD ticket): Votes 1,44,021 | Margin 35,757 (With PTI inputs)

Congress claims Bihar Assembly election results reflect massive ‘vote chori’ by PM Modi, Amit Shah, and EC, while NDA secures sweeping victory with BJP as single-largest party.

Bihar election results: Congress alleges ‘vote chori’, vows to protect democracy

Congress claims Bihar Assembly election results reflect massive &lsquo;vote chori&rsquo; by PM Modi, Amit Shah, and EC, while NDA secures sweeping victory with BJP as single-largest party.

The Congress on Friday alleged that the Bihar Assembly election results reflect &ldquo;vote chori on a gigantic scale&rdquo;, claiming that the outcome was masterminded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the Election Commission.&nbsp;
The NDA, led by the BJP-JD(U) alliance, surged ahead in over 200 of 243 seats, with the BJP emerging as the single-largest party, registering about a 90 per cent strike rate, reaffirming the popularity and campaign clout of Prime Minister Modi.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi described the results as "truly surprising" and said, "We could not achieve victory in an election that was not fair from the very beginning. I express my heartfelt gratitude to those millions of voters in Bihar who expressed their trust in the Mahagathbandhan. This fight is for the protection of the Constitution and democracy. The Congress party and the INDIA bloc will conduct an in-depth review of this result and make more effective efforts to save democracy."
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मैं बिहार के उन करोड़ों मतदाताओं का हार्दिक आभार व्यक्त करता हूं, जिन्होंने महागठबंधन पर अपना विश्वास जताया। बिहार का यह परिणाम वाकई चौंकाने वाला है। हम एक ऐसे चुनाव में जीत हासिल नहीं कर सके, जो शुरू से ही निष्पक्ष नहीं था। यह लड़ाई संविधान और लोकतंत्र की रक्षा की है। कांग्रेस&hellip;
&mdash; Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1989360424199049520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that while respecting the decision of the people of Bihar, his party will continue to fight against forces engaged in weakening democracy.
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हम बिहार की जनता के फ़ैसले का सम्मान करते हुए, ऐसी ताक़तों के खिलाफ़ अपनी लड़ाई जारी रखेंगे जो संवैधानिक संस्थाओं का दुरुपयोग कर, लोकतंत्र को कमज़ोर करने में जुटी हैं। हम चुनाव के परिणामों का गहराई से अध्ययन करेंगे और नतीजों के कारणों को समझने के बाद विस्तृत बात रखेंगे। बिहार&hellip;
&mdash; Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) <a href="https://twitter.com/kharge/status/1989357314185535603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He added, "We will conduct a thorough study of the election results and will present a detailed perspective after understanding the reasons for the outcomes. We are deeply grateful from the bottom of our hearts to those voters in Bihar who supported the 'mahagathbandhan'."
Addressing party workers, Kharge urged them not to lose heart, saying, "I want to tell every Congress worker that there is no need for you to feel discouraged. You are our pride, honor, and glory. Your hard work is our strength. We will leave no stone unturned in raising awareness among the people. We will continue the struggle to save the Constitution and democracy by staying among the people. This fight is long - and we will fight it with complete dedication, courage, and truth."
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also condemned the poll outcome, asserting, "Without doubt the election results in Bihar reflect vote chori on a gigantic scale - masterminded by the PM, the HM, and the Election Commission. The Indian National Congress renews its resolve to continue with even greater strength its campaign to protect the Constitution and save our democracy."
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Without doubt the election results in Bihar reflect vote chori on a gigantic scale - masterminded by the PM, the HM, and the Election Commission. The Indian National Congress renews its resolve to continue with even greater strength its campaign to protect the Constitution and&hellip;
&mdash; Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1989353719599915439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Friday's results mark a sweeping mandate for the NDA, signaling a decisive victory for the ruling alliance in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly.

Congress records one of its worst performances in Bihar assembly elections, securing only six seats as its 'vote chori' campaign fails and organisational weaknesses deepen losses amid NDA’s strong pro-incumbency advantage.

Bihar election results: Congress faces embarrassing defeat, Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ falls flat

Congress records one of its worst performances in Bihar assembly elections, securing only six seats as its 'vote chori' campaign fails and organisational weaknesses deepen losses amid NDA&rsquo;s strong pro-incumbency advantage.

The Congress on Friday delivered one of its poorest electoral performances in Bihar&rsquo;s history, winning only six of the 61 seats it contested in the Assembly elections.
The party, which once dominated Bihar politics, managed to finish just ahead of Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), both of which secured five seats each.
This outcome marks the Congress&rsquo; second-worst show ever in the state, narrowly better than its tally of four seats in 2010. The party secured a vote share of 8.75 per cent, slightly higher than the 8.17 per cent recorded 15 years ago.
Senior Leaders Defeated
The Congress&rsquo; state unit president Rajesh Kumar lost from the Kutumba seat, where he was defeated by NDA&rsquo;s HAM candidate Lalan Ram. Shakeel Ahmed Khan, the legislature party leader in the outgoing assembly, was defeated by JD(U) candidate Dulal Chandra Goswami from the Kadwa seat by a margin of 18,368 votes.
Winning Congress Candidates
The six Congress candidates who succeeded are:
- Surendra Prasad (Valmiki Nagar)
- Abhisekh Ranjan (Chanpatia)
- Manoj Bishwas (Forbesganj)
- Abidur Rehman (Araria)
- Mohd. Qamrul Hoda (Kishanganj)
- Manohar Prasad Singh (Manihari)
 &lsquo;Vote Chori&rsquo; Narrative Fails to Connect
The Congress&rsquo; campaign, centred heavily around Rahul Gandhi&rsquo;s 'vote chori' charge, did not resonate with voters.
The party&rsquo;s messaging through Gandhi&rsquo;s "Voter Adhikar Yatra", anti-Election Commission statements, SIR criticism, and appeals to the youth to "restore democracy" had little impact.
In a state where 40% of the population is below 18 and 23% is between 18 and 29, the Congress failed to attract young voters.
The caste census pitch&mdash;once a significant Opposition plank&mdash;lost relevance after the NDA announced caste inclusion in the upcoming census.
Structural, Organisational Challenges Deepen
Persistent issues within the Opposition alliance also contributed to the Congress&rsquo; poor show. RJD, Congress, and Left candidates clashed on at least eight seats, diluting the coalition&rsquo;s influence.
Lack of unity, failure to project a cohesive narrative, and leadership shortcomings&mdash;including the political handling by state in-charge Krishna Allavaru&mdash;added to the party&rsquo;s struggles.
NDA&rsquo;s Advantage
The ruling NDA benefited from:
- Strong pro-incumbency
- Support from women, youth and extremely backward classes
- Schemes such as ₹10,000 under Mahila Rozgar Yojana
- Job promises and pension assurances
- Effective messaging around the RJD&rsquo;s &lsquo;jungle raj&rsquo; period
Fragmentation of anti-NDA votes due to Tej Pratap Yadav contesting separately and Prashant Kishore&rsquo;s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) further boosted NDA's performance.
Historical Decline Continues
The Congress, which once won 239 seats with 41.38% voteshare in 1952, has seen a steady decline for decades:
- 196 seats in 1985
- 71 in 1990
- 29 in 1995
- 23 in 2000
- Single digits in 2005
- Only six seats in 2024, representing one of its worst performances
Road Ahead Looks Challenging
Insiders say the party must &ldquo;return to the drawing board&rdquo; to rework its organisational structure, strategy, and voter engagement. With the EC initiating special intensive revision (SIR) in states going to polls next year, the Congress must decide whether to continue its 'vote theft' campaign or craft a new narrative.
The Bihar setback comes ahead of major battles in Assam and Kerala in 2026, where it faces a strong BJP and CPI(M), respectively. In West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the party remains a marginal player.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi terms the NDA’s landslide win in Bihar as a mandate for good governance, energising BJP workers and affirming a push to end 'jungle raj' in West Bengal and other poll-bound states.

Bihar verdict mandate for good governance; will rid West Bengal of 'jungle raj' next: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi terms the NDA&rsquo;s landslide win in Bihar as a mandate for good governance, energising BJP workers and affirming a push to end 'jungle raj' in West Bengal and other poll-bound states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the NDA win in Bihar as a vote for pro-people governance and vowed to throw out 'jungle raj' from West Bengal, saying the BJP's victory march will follow the flow of river Ganga from Bihar to Bengal.
Addressing a thanksgiving function at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Modi also set sights on other poll-bound states, saying the massive victory in Bihar has infused fresh energy in party workers of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal where elections are due next year.
"The victory in Bihar has paved the way for the BJP's triumph in Bengal. I want to assure the people of West Bengal that, with your support, the BJP will put an end to the jungle raj in the state as well," he said.
The prime minister greeted party workers at the BJP headquarters here by waving the 'gamchha', the ubiquitous long cotton scarf worn by most people in Bihar and other eastern states amid chants of 'Modi-Modi' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'.
As a symbolic gesture to connect with the people of Bihar on the occasion, PM Modi wore a 'gamchha' with Mithila painting on it and began his speech with chants of "Chhathi Maiyya ki Jai".
"The people of Bihar, with this massive victory and their unshakable confidence, have taken the state by storm ('garda uda diya')," said Modi in typical Bihar lingo.
He termed the victory in Bihar as a mandate for politics of good governance and hailed the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the contribution of all NDA leaders including Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha.
"If the people are re-electing the BJP-led NDA government, it signifies the establishment of a pro-people, pro-governance and pro-development agenda. This represents a new foundation in Indian politics," the prime minister said.
The BJP-led NDA was on course for a landslide victory in the Bihar assembly elections with well over two-thirds majority in the 243-member House.
"Today's victory is the beginning of a new journey. The trust that Bihar has reposed in us has put greater responsibility on our shoulders," he said.
The prime minister assured the voters of Bihar that the state will progress at an even faster pace, new industries will be established and the youth will get jobs within the state.
"Investment will come to Bihar, and this investment will bring more jobs. Tourism will expand in Bihar, and people will see Bihar's new strength. Our pilgrimage sites, places of faith and historical heritage will be rejuvenated," he said.
The prime minister said the victory has given a new "M-Y -- Mahila and Youth" formula as the people had destroyed the "communal 'M-Y' formula of the jungle raj people".
"Bihar has shown again that lies are defeated and people's trust wins," Modi said.
This victory has strengthened people's confidence in the Election Commission, the prime minister said.
In an apparent reference to the Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) support base of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Modi said in Bihar, some parties had formulated an "M-Y formula" but today's victory has given a new "positive M-Y -- Mahila and Youth" formula.
"Today, Bihar is among the states with a high youth population, and these youths belong to all religions and castes. Their wishes, aspirations and their dreams have destroyed the communal M-Y formula of the jungle raj people," Modi said in a swipe at the Opposition.
He said the Bihar polls have also shown that the voters, especially the young ones, take the purification of the electoral list seriously.
The youth of Bihar have also extended tremendous support to the revision of electoral rolls, he said.
Modi hailed the Election Commission for ensuring that elections take place smoothly and recalled how violence was the norm during the 'jungle raj', an apparent reference to RJD rule during the chief ministership of Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi.
His remarks come at a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been alleging "vote chori" in state polls and accusing the EC of colluding with the BJP to ensure the party's victory.
Modi said with the new government, the NDA was now moving forward towards a golden journey of 25 years in Bihar.
"Bihar has ensured that the return of jungle raj will never happen again in this great land. Today's victory belongs to those sisters and daughters of Bihar who endured the terror of jungle raj during RJD's rule," he said.
The prime minister said the victory belonged to the youth of Bihar whose future was ruined due to the terror of Congress and those waving the red flag.
"Today's verdict is a mandate to the politics of development and rejection of the politics of nepotism," Modi said.
"When I used to speak about jungle raj and 'katta sarkar' (rule by country-made pistol), the RJD party raised no objections. However, it unsettled the Congress. Today, I want to reiterate that 'katta sarkar' will never return to Bihar," the prime minister said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails NDA’s landslide win in Bihar as a vote for development, welfare and stability, congratulating alliance partners and promising stronger growth for the state.

Victory of good governance, spirit of public welfare: PM Modi on NDA's Bihar win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails NDA&rsquo;s landslide win in Bihar as a vote for development, welfare and stability, congratulating alliance partners and promising stronger growth for the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the NDA's landslide win in the Bihar assembly elections as a victory of good governance, development and the spirit of public welfare and social justice.
In a series of posts on X, Modi also congratulated the BJP's alliance partners -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, LJP-RV supremo Chirag Paswan, HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi and RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha.
"Deepest gratitude to my family members of Bihar, who have blessed the NDA with a historic and unprecedented victory in the 2025 assembly elections," Modi said.
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Good governance has won. Development has won. Pro-people spirit has won. Social justice has won. Gratitude to each and every person of Bihar for blessing the NDA with a historical and unparalleled victory in the 2025 Vidhan Sabha elections. This mandate gives us renewed&hellip;
&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1989299654077600013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The prime minister said the resounding public mandate will empower the NDA to serve the people and work with new resolve for Bihar.
The NDA comprising BJP, JD(U) and other parties were on course for a landslide victory in the Bihar assembly elections by taking the lead in 204 seats in the 243-member House.
The opposition grand alliance of the RJD, Congress and Left parties could manage to take the lead in 33 seats, 81 fewer than what it had bagged in the 2020 elections.
"The NDA has ensured all-round development of the state. The people have given us a massive majority after witnessing our track record and our vision to take the state to new heights," Modi said.
"I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ji and our NDA family members Chirag Paswan ji, Jitan Ram Manjhi ji and Upendra Kushwaha ji for this resounding victory," he said.
The prime minister also thanked every NDA worker who worked tirelessly and took the ruling alliance's development agenda to the people.
"I appreciate them from the bottom of my heart," he said.
"In the coming times, we will actively work towards the development of Bihar, giving a new identity to the infrastructure here and the culture of the state. We will ensure that the youth power and women's power here get ample opportunities for a prosperous life," Modi said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claims Bihar assembly election results follow the “Maharashtra pattern,” as early trends show BJP-led NDA securing a landslide victory and opposition alliances falling short.

Bihar poll outcome not shocking, it's like 'Maharashtra pattern', says Raut; alleges EC-BJP nexus

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claims Bihar assembly election results follow the &ldquo;Maharashtra pattern,&rdquo; as early trends show BJP-led NDA securing a landslide victory and opposition alliances falling short.

With trends suggesting a big win for the NDA in Bihar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday claimed the assembly election results were not shocking as the Election Commission and BJP worked hand in hand to carry out their "national agenda".
He also said the Bihar election results followed the "pattern" of the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls, in which the ruling Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP registered a thumping victory.
The BJP-led NDA appeared to register a landslide victory in Bihar, opening up impressive leads in more than 180 of the state's 243 assembly seats, with early trends also indicating that the saffron party was on track to post its biggest tally.
In a post on X, Raut claimed the results followed the "Maharashtra pattern", a reference to the 2024 election results where the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was wiped out.
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बिहाराच्या विधानसभा निवडणुका निकालाने धक्का बसण्याची गरज नाही निवडणूक आयोग आणि बी जे पी यांचे हातात हात घालून जे राष्ट्रीय कार्य सुरू होते ते पाहता यापेक्षा वेगळा निकाल लागणे शक्य नव्हते! एकदम महाराष्ट्र पॅटर्न! जी आघाडी सत्तेवर येणार याची खात्री होती त्याना ५० च्या आत संपवले!
&mdash; Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) <a href="https://twitter.com/rautsanjay61/status/1989232619935134092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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"There is no need to be shocked by the Bihar Assembly election results. Looking at the national agenda being carried out hand-in-hand by the Election Commission and the BJP, a different outcome than this was simply not possible. This is exactly like the Maharashtra pattern," he said.
Raut further alleged that the alliance which was expected to come to power "has been pushed below 50 seats", he said.

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