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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.

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.

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.

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.

As the NDA moves toward a sweeping Bihar victory, Patna is flooded with bold pro-Nitish Kumar posters projecting him as the central figure of the state's politics, reinforcing JD(U)’s message amid strong counting trends.

Nitish Kumar's 'Tiger Abhi Zinda Hai' Poster Signals Political Dominance

Nitish Kumar's Tiger Poster Dominates Bihar

As the NDA moves toward a sweeping Bihar victory, Patna is flooded with bold pro-Nitish Kumar posters projecting him as the central figure of the state's politics, reinforcing JD(U)&rsquo;s message amid strong counting trends.

As the NDA appeared to register a landslide victory in Bihar on Friday, Patna's skyline saw a visual grammar of its own -- bold, swaggering and unmistakably centered on one man: Nitish Kumar.
As the NDA's advantage solidified through the morning, freshly minted posters began appearing across the city, leaving no ambiguity about who, in the JD(U)'s telling, remained Bihar's central axis of power.
Outside the chief minister's residence, a massive poster of Nitish Kumar standing beside a crouching tiger, with the tagline 'tiger abhi zinda hai' (the tiger is still alive), became the first showstopper of the morning. The imagery was not subtle. It was defiant, triumphant, and unmistakably aimed at setting the tone before the numbers settled.
Through the day, more posters sprouted across arterial stretches, roundabouts, party offices and neighbourhood corners, as though Patna itself had been cast in a JD(U) production.
One declared: 'Humaare Bihar mein ek star, har baar Nitish Kumar' (in our Bihar, there is only one star; every time, it is Nitish Kumar).
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The design was more striking, a towering image of Nitish, with a smaller photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the backdrop.
Another went even further, stating simply, 'Bihar ka matlab Nitish Kumar' (Bihar means Nitish Kumar), a sweeping assertion that sought to blur the line between individual and the state's identity.
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Political observers said the visual grammar made the JD(U)'s message crystal clear: In Bihar's political theatre, Nitish Kumar is not just the protagonist, he is the plot.
"The line 'Hamaare Bihar mein ek star' is not just praise. It is a reminder that whatever the arithmetic at the Centre, Bihar's leadership mantle is that of Nitish ji," a JD(U) worker told a TV channel, pointing to the posters.
The timing was even more telling.
Even though the BJP was leading in more seats than the JD(U), the posters doubled as a calibrated counter to weeks of speculation, fanned by the Mahagathbandhan and pockets of the political commentariat that the BJP might project a new CM face after the polls. Both parties had publicly dismissed the buzz, but the visuals on Friday morning appeared crafted to silence it once and for all.
For the JD(U) cadre, the posters worked as reassurance and assertion in equal measure: reassurance that Nitish was firmly in command, and assertion that within the NDA, hierarchy had its own logic, and Nitish Kumar remained its senior-most partner in Bihar.
The visuals appeared almost in lockstep with counting trends.
"Tasveerein baatein karte hain, picture abhi baki hain (photographs tell a story, the film is not yet over)," said a JD(U) worker dancing outside the party office.
By late afternoon, as the NDA surged ahead in 197 seats and the Mahagathbandhan lagged at 40, the posters took on sharper meaning.
Within the NDA, the BJP led in 90 seats, ahead of the JD(U)'s 79. The LJP (Ram Vilas) added 20 leads and the HAM(S) and RLM four each.
On the other side, the Mahagathbandhan's figures were anchored by the RJD's 30, followed by Congress (five), CPI(ML) Liberation (four), and CPI(M) (one).
AIMIM was ahead in five seats and the BSP in one.
At several spots, groups of JD(U) workers stood posing beside the posters as though unveiling a premature victory banner.
"Sirf trends aaye hain, par message clear hai. Nitish ji politics ka asli tiger hain (only trends have emerged, but the message is clear: Nitish Kumar is the real tiger of politics)," a worker said, grinning into a TV camera.
When asked about the 'tiger zinda hai' posters surfacing outside Nitish's residence, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal brushed aside the episode with a smile: "His stature is bigger than a tiger. Much bigger."
JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar attributed the NDA's strong early leads to welfare schemes prioritised under Nitish Kumar's leadership.
"Nitish Kumar ji will remain the chief minister as long as he wishes. His will, the people's aspiration and the NDA's resolve are aligned," he said.

Ecstatic JD(U) supporters in Patna celebrate NDA’s commanding lead of 186 seats, bursting firecrackers, playing drums, and honoring Nitish Kumar’s anticipated fifth victory in Bihar assembly polls.

Bihar election results: JD(U) workers celebrate at headquarters with firecrackers, drums as NDA leads

Ecstatic JD(U) supporters in Patna celebrate NDA&rsquo;s commanding lead of 186 seats, bursting firecrackers, playing drums, and honoring Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s anticipated fifth victory in Bihar assembly polls.

Joyous scenes were witnessed outside the JD(U) headquarters in Patna, with party workers bursting firecrackers, smearing 'gulaal' on one another, and playing drums, as NDA led in 186 seats in the 243-member Bihar assembly.
What began as a cautious cluster of workers glued to their mobile phones quickly morphed into a swelling carnival as the Election Commission's updates kept nudging the NDA deeper into a commanding lead.
The JD(U)'s own 76-seat lead electrified the crowd, prompting a volley of cheers and rounds of fireworks that left the air thick with acrid smoke. A giant poster of Nitish Kumar was lifted above the crowd, its edges snapping in the November breeze.
"Nitish ji ki paanchvi jeet likhi ja chuki hai... bas formalities baaki hain! (Nitish ji's fifth victory is already written... only the formalities remain!)" a jubilant worker told a Hindi news channel.
A row of elderly loyalists sat under a makeshift tarpaulin, softly beating a 'dholak'. "2005 se lekar aaj tak... logon ne dekha hai kaun sarkar chalata hai aur kaun sirf hawa banata hai, (From 2005 till today, people know who actually governs and who just makes noise)," said Ramesh Yadav, a booth worker from Nalanda who claimed he had attended every JD(U) celebration since Nitish's debut win.
The celebration had all the theatrics of a milestone moment. A youth group marched with a giant green thermocol arrow, the poll symbol of JD(U), chanting, "Teer chalega, Bihar badega!" (the arrow will strike, Bihar will progress!).
Buckets of steaming 'jalebis' appeared and disappeared within minutes as workers abandoned any attempt at forming a queue. Green 'gulaal' drifted onto shawls, motorcycles, and even the boots of policemen manning the gate, one of whom smiled wryly and said, "Paanchvi jeet ka josh alag hi hota hai (the excitement of a fifth win has its own energy)."
With the BJP adding 85 leads and allies LJP (RV) and HAM(S) strengthening the NDA's surge, the celebrations intensified further. By noon, the street outside the office was carpeted with firecracker debris, streaks of green 'gulaal', and squashed sweet wrappers, an unplanned mural of a party certain it was witnessing history repeat itself.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's JD(U) announced its second list of 44 candidates for the assembly elections, including ministers and turncoats, completing nominations for all 101 seats.

JD(U) announces second list of 44 candidates for Bihar assembly polls

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's JD(U) announced its second list of 44 candidates for the assembly elections, including ministers and turncoats, completing nominations for all 101 seats.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Thursday announced its second list of 44 candidates for the assembly polls, with several ministers like Sheila Mandal, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Leshi Singh, Jayant Raj and Mohd Zama Khan featuring among the nominees.
The party also fielded turncoats Chetan Anand from Nabinagar and Vibha Devi from Nawad. Both were earlier associated with the RJD.
Besides, the JD(U) nominated Kaladhar Mandal from the Rupauli seat.
The JD(U), an alliance partner of the NDA in Bihar, has now released the list of all 101 candidates for the upcoming polls.
Elections to the 243-member assembly will be held in two phases, on November 6 and November 11.
The votes will be counted on November 14.&nbsp;

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) announced its initial list of 57 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, including ministers, returning leaders, and key party figures.

Bihar polls: JD(U) announces first list of 57 candidates, several ministers among nominees

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s JD(U) announced its initial list of 57 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, including ministers, returning leaders, and key party figures.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Wednesday announced its first list of 57 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls, with several ministers like Vijay Choudhary, Sharwan Kumar and Madan Sahni among nominees.
Ministers Ratnesh Sada and Maheshwar Hazari also featured on the list.
The list also includes turncoats like Shyam Rajak, who returned to the party, quitting RJD about a year ago, and don-turned politician Anant Kumar Singh, who had filed nomination papers from the Mokama assembly seat on Tuesday.
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JD(U) state unit president Umesh Kushwaha has also been fielded from Mahnar.
Kushwaha also filed his nomination papers on Tuesday.
Madan Sahni has been fielded from the Badaurpur assembly seat, Ratnesh Sada from Sonbarsa, Maheshwar Hazari from Kalyanpur, Vijay Choudhary from Sarairanjan, and Shrawan Kumar from Nalanda.
Elections to the 243-member assembly will be held in two phases, on November 6 and 11.
The votes will be counted on November 14.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet by inducting seven BJP MLAs. The swearing-in ceremony, held at Raj Bhavan, was conducted by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.

CM Nitish Kumar expands Bihar cabinet, inducts seven BJP ministers

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet by inducting seven BJP MLAs. The swearing-in ceremony, held at Raj Bhavan, was conducted by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, by inducting seven BJP MLAs into the state government.&nbsp;
The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Raj Bhavan, where Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office to the new ministers. With this expansion, the total strength of the Bihar Cabinet has now risen to 36.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Patna | Bihar Cabinet expansion | BJP MLA from Darbhanga, Sanjay Saraogi takes oath as Bihar minister <a href="https://t.co/L3W8o9fFX7">pic.twitter.com/L3W8o9fFX7</a>
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The newly inducted ministers include Raju Singh, Vijay Saravgi, Jivesh Mishra, Vijay Mandal, Sunil Kumar, Motilal Prasad, and Krishna Kumar alias Mantu. Among them, four belong to the OBC category, while one each represents the Bhumihar, Rajput, and EBC communities.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | BJP MLAs Jibesh Kumar and Raju Kumar Singh take oath as Bihar ministers as CM Nitish Kumar expands his Cabinet <a href="https://t.co/oWG1rRAtDm">pic.twitter.com/oWG1rRAtDm</a>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1894701601849491937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Earlier in the day, Bihar BJP chief and minister Dilip Jaiswal resigned from his post. Following the cabinet reshuffle, the BJP now has 15 ministers, including two Deputy Chief Ministers, while JD(U) has 13 ministers.&nbsp;
The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), led by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, holds one ministerial position, along with an Independent minister, Sumit Kumar Singh.
The Bihar cabinet was last expanded on March 15, 2024, when 21 ministers&mdash;nine from Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s JD(U) and 12 from the BJP&mdash;were sworn in.&nbsp;
This came 46 days after Kumar rejoined the BJP-led NDA on January 28, 2024, severing ties with the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), which included the RJD. This marked his fifth political switch in the last decade in a bid to retain power.

JD(U) spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad dismisses claims that the party has withdrawn support to the BJP-led government in Manipur, clarifying that the Manipur unit acted independently. 

JD(U) denies withdrawing support from BJP-led Manipur government

JD(U) spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad dismisses claims that the party has withdrawn support to the BJP-led government in Manipur, clarifying that the Manipur unit acted independently.&nbsp;

JD(U) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad has strongly rejected recent reports suggesting that the party is withdrawing its support from the BJP-led government in Manipur, terming them as "misleading and baseless."&nbsp;
Speaking to ANI, Prasad clarified that the Manipur unit's president acted without consulting the central leadership, which resulted in disciplinary action and his removal from the position.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi: JD(U) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad says, "This is misleading and baseless. The party has taken cognisance of this and the president of Manipur unit of the party has been relieved of his position. We have supported NDA and our support to the NDA&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/PhAJwAp4xn">https://t.co/PhAJwAp4xn</a> <a href="https://t.co/usvowgta3n">pic.twitter.com/usvowgta3n</a>
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He stated, "This is misleading and baseless. The party has taken cognisance of this and the president of the Manipur unit has been relieved of his position. We have supported NDA, and our support to the NDA government in Manipur will continue even in future. The Manipur unit did not have any communication with the central leadership, they were not taken into confidence. He (Manipur JD(U) chief) had written the letter on his own. Considering this an act of indiscipline, action has been taken against him and relieved of his position."
Prasad further emphasized, "We are with the NDA and the state unit will continue to serve the people of Manipur towards the development of the state."
Earlier, JD(U)'s Manipur Chief Ksh. Biren Singh had issued a statement suggesting that the party&rsquo;s lone MLA in Manipur would now be treated as an Opposition MLA in the assembly. Singh explained, "In the election to the State Assembly of Manipur held in February/March 2022, six candidates set up by Janata Dal(United) were returned.
After a few months, five MLAs of Janata Dal(United) defected to BJP. Trial under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India for the five MLAs is pending before the Speaker's Tribunal."
He added, "After Janata Dal(United) became part of the INDIA bloc, support to the BJP-led government was withdrawn by Janata Dal(United) by informing the office of the Governor, Leader of the House (Chief Minister), and Speaker."
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Singh confirmed that, "As such, the seating arrangement of the lone MLA of Janata Dal (United) in Manipur, Md Abdul Nasir, is made in the Opposition Bench in the last session of the Assembly by the Speaker. It is, hereby, further reiterated that Janata Dal(United), Manipur Unit does not support the BJP-led state government in Manipur, and our lone MLA, Md. Abdul Nasir shall be treated as an opposition MLA in the House."

JD(U)'s Upendra Kushwaha says his car was attacked in Bihar's Bhojpur

JD(U)'s Upendra Kushwaha says his car was attacked in Bihar's Bhojpur
Kushwaha: people threw stone at my car in Bhojpur
Kushwaha: culprits ran when police went after them

The JD(U) leader has been in news recently over a public fallout with party chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.&nbsp;

JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha on Monday said that his car was attacked in Bihar's Bhojpur. Kushwaha alleged that some anti-social elements also pelted stones at his car. He added that the culprits ran awat when police went after them.&nbsp;
The JD(U) leader has been in news recently over a public fallout with party chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.&nbsp;

The by-election was necessitated by the disqualification of Anil Kumar Sahani, an RJD MLA, whose party gave up its claim on the seat and backed its new ally which was pitted against a former alliance partner.

Bihar bypoll: BJP wrests Kurhani from ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’

In a major embarrassment for the recently formed “Mahagathbandhan” government, the JD(U) on Thursday ended up conceding the Kurhani assembly seat to the BJP with which the party’s supremo Nitish Kumar snapped ties four months ago.

The by-election was necessitated by the disqualification of Anil Kumar Sahani, an RJD MLA, whose party gave up its claim on the seat and backed its new ally which was pitted against a former alliance partner.

In a major embarrassment for the recently formed &ldquo;Mahagathbandhan&rdquo; government, the JD(U) on Thursday ended up conceding the Kurhani assembly seat to the BJP with which the party&rsquo;s supremo Nitish Kumar snapped ties four months ago.
JD(U) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha polled 73,008 votes, while BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta got 76,653 to wrest the seat from the ruling "Mahagathbandhan" which prides itself as a symbol of what smaller, but united parties could achieve in the face of the saffron party's near hegemony.
The by-election was necessitated by the disqualification of Anil Kumar Sahani, an RJD MLA, whose party gave up its claim on the seat and backed its new ally which was pitted against a former alliance partner.
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"The victory is an affirmation of the people's faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a resounding slap in the face of Mahagathbandhan which came to power by fraud and continues to cheat the masses", said Samrat Chaudhary, senior BJP leader and former minister, as he joined the jubilations outside the counting centre in Muzaffarpur.
Former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi also came out with a video statement taunting the ruling coalition for having made "even RJD president Lalu Prasad's kidney transplant an emotive issue".
He also challenged Nitish Kumar, his former boss, to "take moral responsibility for the defeat and resign, just like he did in 2014 when the JD(U) was drubbed in the Lok Sabha polls".
JD(U) president Upendra Kushwaha, who was one of the principal campaigners of his party, sought to take the defeat on the chin and display sportsmanship.
"We need to learn a lot from the loss in Kurhani. The first lesson is, we must follow the people and their will and not expect the other way round", Kushwaha tweeted, rather cryptically, while sharing a famous Hindi poem that inspires readers to achieve equanimity in the midst of ups and downs.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar continues to take the lead in stitching together a united Opposition for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On 25 September 2022, the Janata Dal (United) leader met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi. Nitish Kumar was accompanied by his foe-turned-friend Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The agenda of the meeting was to agree on making compromises for Opposition unity, according to an ANI report. Another issue on the table was Nitish and Lalu reportedly seeking Sonia's consensus for approaching regional parties whom the Congress has stayed away from in recent years.
Earlier in the day, many Opposition leaders attended an INLD rally in Haryana's Fatehabad.
Reports suggest that Nitish and Lalu are planning overtures to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha's Biju Janata Dal (BJD), and People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Why Sonia Gandhi asked Nitish, Lalu to meet again after 10 days to talk Opposition unity for 2024 polls

Nitish and Lalu reportedly wanted to seek Sonia's consensus for approaching regional parties whom the Congress has stayed away from in recent years.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar continues to take the lead in stitching together a united Opposition for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On 25 September 2022, the Janata Dal (United) leader met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi. Nitish Kumar was accompanied by his foe-turned-friend Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The agenda of the meeting was to agree on making compromises for Opposition unity, according to an ANI report. Another issue on the table was Nitish and Lalu reportedly seeking Sonia's consensus for approaching regional parties whom the Congress has stayed away from in recent years.
Earlier in the day, many Opposition leaders attended an INLD rally in Haryana's Fatehabad.
Reports suggest that Nitish and Lalu are planning overtures to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha's Biju Janata Dal (BJD), and People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
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The 'break-up' of the saffron party and JD(U) has caused a storm in the political circuit as a new government is expected to surface in the state of Bihar. The much-anticipated dismantling of government has led to many wondering on what could be the possible aftermath of Nitish Kumar's move, who parted ways with BJP after submitting his resignation to Governor Phagu Chauhan.  
In retrospect, it's not difficult to see Kumar's move to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance as his bid to become Opposition's PM candidate for 2024. Here's why:
1) Gadkari's early prediction: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in June this year had accused the Bihar CM of eyeing the Prime Minister's chair, claiming that he was playing majority appeasement politics. 
2) Nitish as Opposition's Presidential candidate: Even during the just concluded Presidential Polls, Kumar's name had cropped up for the esteemed post.  JD(U) MP Alok K Suman had vouched for his CM saying that an experienced leader like him would be a good pick. The NCP had also reportedly weighed in on the likeliness of Kumar's candidature for President post.
3) 20 years' experience factor: Time and again JD(U) has propagated the expertise of Kumar in running the state for a good 20 years, and likening it to his capability to run the country too.
4) The 2019 decision to not join the NDA: JD(U)'s decision to not join the NDA was the first sign of rift between the alliance partners. JD(U) was reportedly unhappy for being offered just one cabinet berth by BJP. Its spokesperson Pavan Varma later announced that the party was not joining the BJP-led NDA at Centre. 
5) RJD factor: Foes-turned-friendsAttending Iftar party, supporting LoP in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav for protesting against Centre's on inflation were clear signs of the JD(U)'s broader political ambitions
6) Nitish not attending NITI Aayog's meeting presided by PM was the final nail in the coffin to the widening rift that already prevailed between JD(U) and BJP
7) Census: State vs Centre After the Centre rejected demands for caste-based census nationally, the Bihar government in a unanimous decision including the support of Opposition parties, had announced a caste-based survey in a sign of assurance to the OBCs in the state that it cared for its welfare. 
8) BJP chief JP Nadda's stance on regional parties disgruntled JD(U): Not long ago did we see the Opposition aggrieved over BJP chief JP Nadda's remarks on regional parties. He had affirmed that only BJP will exist in the country and other parties will vanish.  JD(U) had made it clear  that multi-party system will continue to exist 
Reports suggest that RJD and Congress will be rallying support to the JD(U). Nitish's party has rejected the BJP for a second time in 8 years suggesting us of Bihar CM's higher political ambitions? 

JDU sans BJP awaits 2024 polls with Nitish as Opposition's Captain?

In retrospect, it's not difficult to see Kumar's move to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance as his bid to become Opposition's PM candidate for 2024

In retrospect, it's not difficult to see Kumar's move to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance as his bid to become Opposition's PM candidate for 2024

The 'break-up' of the saffron party and JD(U) has caused a storm in the political circuit as a new government is expected to be formed in Bihar. The much-anticipated dismantling of government has led to many wondering about what could be the possible aftermath of Nitish Kumar's move, who parted ways with BJP after submitting his resignation to Governor Phagu Chauhan, Tuesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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In retrospect, it's not difficult to understand Kumar's move to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance as puts him in the Opposition camp and makes him a contender for the PM candidate for 2024. Here's why:
1) Gadkari's early prediction: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in 2013 had accused the Bihar CM of eyeing the Prime Minister's chair, claiming that he was playing minority appeasement politics.&nbsp;
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2) Nitish as Opposition's Presidential candidate: Even during the just concluded Presidential Polls, Kumar's name had cropped up for the esteemed post. &nbsp;JD(U) MP Alok K Suman had vouched for his CM saying that an experienced leader like him would be a good pick. The NCP had also reportedly weighed in on the likeliness of Kumar's candidature for President post.
3) 20 years' experience factor: Time and again JD(U) has propagated the expertise of Kumar in running Bihar for a good 20 years, and likening it to his capability to run the country too.
4) The 2019 decision to not join the NDA: JD(U)'s decision to not join the NDA was the first sign of rift between the alliance partners. JD(U) was reportedly unhappy for being offered just one cabinet berth by BJP. Its spokesperson Pavan Varma later announced that the party was not joining the BJP-led NDA at Centre.&nbsp;
5) RJD factor: Foes-turned-friends Attending Iftar party, supporting LoP in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav for protesting against Centre's on inflation were clear hints of the JD(U)'s broader political ambitions.
6) Nitish not attending NITI Aayog's meeting presided by PM was the final nail in the coffin to the widening rift that already prevailed between JD(U) and BJP.
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 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday asserted that a united opposition, which he is working on, will trounce the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll and "bundle it out for about 50 seats".
Kumar made the averment here while addressing a meeting of the state executive of his JD(U), which was followed shortly afterwards by the national executive.
According to a party release, the chief minister squarely blamed JD(U)'s drubbing in the 2020 assembly polls on "BJP's conspiracy" and also recalled his own reluctance to continue for another term in office.
Notably, the assembly poll results sowed seeds of distrust and the crisis of confidence deepened with the perception that the former JD(U) president RCP Singh had become a mole of the BJP.
Kumar, faced with the possibility of a split in the party allegedly with help of RCP, as Singh is known as, had pulled the plug on the alliance with BJP in August and formed a new government with the RJD-Congress combine. It has the support of the Left from outside.
"If all (opposition) parties fight together, the BJP will be bundled out for about 50 seats. I am devoting myself to that drive (abhiyan)", said the JD(U) de facto chief. He will reach Delhi on Monday on a three-day tour as part of his political endeavors.
The veteran leader, who had been a BJP ally for nearly three decades, also had a word of caution for his party workers in Bihar following the break up.
"The BJP will try to disturb social and communal harmony in the state. We must foil their designs by keeping vigil to the level of panchayats," Kumar added. 

Ahead of Delhi visit, Nitish Kumar's 'BJP will fall to 50 seats' claim

 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday asserted that a united opposition, which he is working on, will trounce the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll and "bundle it out for about 50 seats".

His remarks come ahead of a 3-day visit to Delhi starting on Monday during which he is reported to meet leaders from other opposition parties.&nbsp;

&nbsp;Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday asserted that a united opposition, which he is working on, will trounce the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll and "bundle it out for about 50 seats".
Kumar made the averment here while addressing a meeting of the state executive of his JD(U), which was followed shortly afterwards by the national executive.
According to a party release, the chief minister squarely blamed JD(U)'s drubbing in the 2020 assembly polls on "BJP's conspiracy" and also recalled his own reluctance to continue for another term in office.
Notably, the assembly poll results sowed seeds of distrust and the crisis of confidence deepened with the perception that the former JD(U) president RCP Singh had become a mole of the BJP.
Kumar, faced with the possibility of a split in the party allegedly with help of RCP, as Singh is known as, had pulled the plug on the alliance with BJP in August and formed a new government with the RJD-Congress combine. It has the support of the Left from outside.
"If all (opposition) parties fight together, the BJP will be bundled out for about 50 seats. I am devoting myself to that drive (abhiyan)", said the JD(U) de facto chief. He will reach Delhi on Monday on a three-day tour as part of his political endeavors.
The veteran leader, who had been a BJP ally for nearly three decades, also had a word of caution for his party workers in Bihar following the break up.
"The BJP will try to disturb social and communal harmony in the state. We must foil their designs by keeping vigil to the level of panchayats," Kumar added.&nbsp;

'Pradesh mein dikha, desh mein dikhega': posters put at JDU office featuring Bihar CM Nitish Kumar 

The posters have come as a surprise amid speculations about Nitish Kumar becoming the possible candidate of opposition leaders in the national elections.&nbsp;

Posters of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were put up at JD(U) office in Patna on Thursday, projecting him as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.&nbsp;
However, it is&nbsp; not clear if the posters were put up by the JD(U). Videos of the posters shared by ANI promised good governance and gave the slogan 'Pradesh mein dikha, desh mein dikhega'.
The posters have been put up amid speculations about Nitish Kumar becoming the possible candidate of the joint opposition in the national elections.&nbsp;
Interestingly, the posters have come up a day after an interesting turn of events at press conference by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Telangana CM KC Rao in Patna.&nbsp;
Asked whether Nitish Kumar, who for long has been fancied as a potential challenger to charismatic Modi, could be the prime ministerial candidate of a united opposition, KCR said &ldquo;bade bhai (big brother) Nitish ji is one of the best and senior-most leaders in the country. I am nobody to take a decision. It will be decided when all opposition parties sit together&rdquo;.
When faced with a pointed query about the role of the Congress in a united opposition and acceptability of Rahul Gandhi, he retorted that &ldquo;you may be smart but I am smarter. There is no hurry. Everything will be decided in due course&rdquo;.
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&ldquo;We must endeavour to drive the BJP out of power, by whatever means possible&rdquo;, he asserted.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday undertook a whirlwind tour of the Bihar capital where he met top political leaders in the state and also gave a call for &ldquo;BJP mukt Bharat&rdquo;.
(with inputs from PTI)

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