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The Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) leaders will meet in Delhi to finalise the seat-sharing deal for the Bihar Assembly election on Monday

Updated – October 13, 2025 07:42 am IST

A poster of Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and nation’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen in Purnia, Bihar on July 09, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap

  • October 13, 2025 07:42

    NDA finalises seat-sharing pact for Bihar election; BJP and JD(U) get 101 seats every

    The seat-sharing association throughout the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election was finalised on Sunday night after a sequence of conferences amongst senior alliance leaders in New Delhi.

    Janata Dal (United) working president Sanjay Jha and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election in-charge Vinod Tawde shared the main points on social media platform X.

    Both the BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats every, whereas the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) led by Union Minister Chirag Paswan will contest 29 seats. The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) led by Upendra Kushwaha and The Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi have been allotted six seats every.

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    NDA finalises seat-sharing pact for Bihar election; BJP and JD(U) get 101 seats every

    NDA finalizes seat-sharing for Bihar Assembly election, with BJP and JD(U) contesting 101 seats every, LJP 29, RLM and HAM 6.

  • October 13, 2025 07:36

    Same alliances, static caste arithmetic, however Bihar battle can upend established order

    The Assembly election in Bihar — being held in two phases, November 6 and 11, with outcomes to be declared on November 14 — is a high-stakes battle for all gamers.

    An in-depth have a look at the state of play within the State exhibits that every massive social gathering is grappling with its personal points, each internally and externally. The caste arithmetic has remained roughly static within the State over the previous twenty years, ever because the ascendancy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

    Upper castes are largely mentioned to be with the BJP, and non-Yadav Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), and Mahadalits, together with Pasmanda, or decrease caste Muslims, with the Mr. Kumar-led Janata Dal (United). They largely type the nucleus of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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    Same alliances, static caste arithmetic, however Bihar battle can upend established order

    Bihar Assembly polls evaluation: High stakes battle between NDA and INDIA bloc, with Prashant Kishor’s JSP as potential disruptor.

  • October 13, 2025 07:23

    FIR lodged for MCC violation throughout Prashant Kishor’s marketing campaign in Tejashwi’s Raghopur constituency

    FIR was lodged on Sunday (October 12, 2025) for alleged violation of the mannequin code of conduct (MCC), in drive in poll-bound Bihar, in the course of the much-publicised marketing campaign of Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor in RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav’s Raghopur meeting constituency a day in the past, police mentioned.

    According to Hajipur Deputy Superintendent of Police Subodh Kumar, the FIR was lodged at Raghopur Police Station of Vaishali district, although Mr. Kishor was not named as an accused.

    “Permission for the programme had been obtained by Satendra Prasad Singh. Hence, he has been named within the FIR lodged for MCC violation”, mentioned the Deputy SP, with out divulging additional particulars.

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    Bihar polls: FIR lodged for MCC violation throughout Prashant Kishor’s marketing campaign in Tejashwi’s Raghopur constituency

    FIR lodged towards Prashant Kishor for MCC violation throughout marketing campaign in Raghopur, Bihar meeting constituency.

  • October 13, 2025 07:21

    Jan Suraaj Party will scrap ban on sale of liquor in Bihar if voted to energy: Udai Singh

    Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday (October 12, 2025) reiterated that if voted to energy, it can scrap the ban on sale and consumption of liquor in Bihar imposed by the Nitish Kumar authorities.

    It mentioned the practically ₹28,000 crore income surplus thus generated shall be utilised to lift loans to the tune of ₹5 lakh crore to ₹6 lakh crore from World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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    Jan Suraaj Party will scrap ban on sale of liquor in Bihar if voted to energy: Udai Singh

    Jan Suraaj Party plans to elevate liquor prohibition in Bihar to lift loans from World Bank and IMF.

Published – October 13, 2025 07:10 am IST