Bihar Assembly elections 2025: JD(U) has announced its first list of 57 candidates for Bihar Assembly elections, including four seats sought by Chirag Paswan's LJP faction
On the prospects of his party, Prashant Kishor stated that he was certain that the contest would either be a huge win or a total debacle for the Jan Suraaj party
NDA leaders had on Tuesday claimed that seat allocation among alliance partners had been settled amicably and that discussions were in the final stages
Poll body said that expenditure Observers have already been deployed to monitor the election expenses incurred by the Candidates
Kishor, who claimed to have "no ambitions" to become the next chief minister of his home state, nonetheless, insisted that "60 per cent" of its people were yearning for a change
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor also claimed that there was "complete chaos" in NDA, and it was still unclear which seats BJP would contest and where JD(U) wants to field its candidates
After atleast a 2-hour-long meeting held at the party's office in Delhi, the party has made strong decisions on the 'quality faces' for the Vidhan Sabha seats Congress plans to contest
According to the list released on Tuesday, Prem Prapt Singh has been fielded from Chapra, Rajendra Prasad Singh from Lalganj, Aditya Lal from Purnia, and Inderjeet Jyotikar from Hathua
Among sitting ministers, the BJP has fielded Nitin Nabin from Bankipur, Nitish Mishra from Jhanjharpur, Krishna Kumar Mantoo from Amnour, and Prem Kumar from Gaya Town
Ahead of the high-stakes elections in Bihar, members of the RJD received party symbols on Monday, which were later taken back
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Paswan stated that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, all NDA parties are fully prepared and united ahead of the forthcoming polls
ECI stated that every registered national and state political party, as well as all contesting candidates, are required to submit applications to the MCMC for pre-certification
The nomination process began with the Election Commission issuing the notification for polling in these seats on November 11
Denying that there are any differences within the NDA over the seat-sharing arrangement announced on Sunday, he said the coalition will fight the elections unitedly
The move comes in response to a formal request from Bihar, which is preparing for two-phase elections scheduled next month
All eyes are on Raghopur seat, in Vaishali district, where sitting MLA Tejashwi Yadav aims for a hat-trick
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In the last elections, the JD(U) had the lion's share of 115 seats, followed by the BJP at 110 and Manjhi's HAM at seven
He also claimed the party has received an offer from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to contest on five seats.