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New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday released its second list for the Bihar assembly elections, announcing candidates for Narkatiaganj, Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town assembly seats. The party has fielded Shaswat Kedar Pandey from Narkatiaganj and Qamrul Hoda from Kishanganj. Irfan Alam, Jitender Yadav and Mohan Shrivasta will contest elections from Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town constituencies respectively. Earlier, on October 17, the Congress party released it ...Read More >
PATNA: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday launched a scathing attack on ruling JD(U), saying that "bureaucrats are running the government", and took a swipe at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by warning voters against the "return of the jungle raj". Speaking at the Hindustan Bihar Samagam 2025 in Patna, Kishor took an aim at Bihar chief minister and said that "the era of Nitish Kumar is over". Recalling the time he worked with Kumar in 2018, Kishor said that he had joined th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: For nearly three decades, Bihar has been dominated by socialist forces, with Lalu Prasad's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) shaping the state's political landscape. Since 1990, these two stalwarts of the JP movement have kept national parties on the sidelines. Ahead of the 2025 elections, however, a new narrative is emerging. Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj is attempting, perhaps for the first time, to challenge the decades-old socialist discourse and offer an alternative vision for Bihar.Ki ...Read More >
Patna: Folk singer Maithili Thakur, along with RJD MLA Bharat Bind joined the BJP on Tuesday. She is likely to be fielded from Alinagar in Darbhanga. Sitting MLA Mishri Lal Tadav has quit BJP. Earlier, it was speculated that the BJP would field her from her home seat Benipatti, but retained sitting MLA Vinod Narayan Jha in its first list of 71 candidates announced Tuesday. Alinagar is the home of Maithili's maternal uncle.Maithili turned 25 recently. Her father Ramesh Thakur is also her guru and ...Read More >
PATNA: Emphasising the need for unity among NDA partners and mobilisation of cadre and sympathisers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged BJP workers to ensure the alliance's victory so that there is no return to the "jungle raj" that characterised the Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi governments.Addressing BJP workers over a video link, the PM referred to the remark a special court made while allowing charges to be framed against Lalu Prasad, his wife, former CM Rabri Devi, and his political succes ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly Election 2025 - The battleground for the Bihar Assembly elections has finally begun, with candidates from all political parties filing their nominations. A large number of independents are also filing their nominations. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has also filed his nomination from his Tarapur constituency. In his nomination affidavit, he declared movable and immovable assets worth over 10 crore rupees. Controversy surrounding his age and educational qualificatio ...Read More >
Patna: With just one day remaining for nominations in Bihar's first-phase constituencies, the INDIA bloc remained without a seat-sharing formula, though coalition parties secured election symbols for their candidates without a formal announcement. On the other hand, all five partners in the ruling NDA were through with announcements of candidates, from respective parties, for all 243 assembly segments. Former state BJP president and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and a number of his ca ...Read More >
Weekly Love Numerology Horoscope For October 13 - 19: Romance, Family, And Emotional Tips For Numbers 1 To 9 District Election Officers (DEOs) of all 18 districts going to polls in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections have completed the first randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday. "The District Election Officers (DEOs) of all 18 districts of Bihar going to elections ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: Tej Pratap Yadav filed his nomination from the Mahua assembly constituency on Thursday. Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav's eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav filed his nomination for the Bihar Election 2025 from the Mahua assembly constituency on Thursday. Tej Pratap Yadav, who was expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), is the chief of the newly-formed Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD). He carried a photograph of his grandmother along as he went to file his nomination on T ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is also contesting from 101 seats. The BJP has announced the name of all its candidates Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United on Thursday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, releasing names of 44 contenders. With this, the party has declared candidates for all 101 constituencies it will contest under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seat-sharing arrangement. The Bharatiya Janata Party ( ...Read More >
Jan Suraaj has announced Chanchal Singh as its candidate for the Raghopur seat in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. This decision comes amidst speculation that Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor might contest from this prominent constituency. Raghopur has a significant political history, having been represented by prominent leaders like Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, and Tejashwi Yadav. Jan Suraaj has announced Chanchal Singh as its candidate from the Raghopur constituency for the upcoming ...Read More >
Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV) has made headlines by announcing its inaugural list of 14 candidates, claiming significant positions in key areas like Govindganj and Brahmpur. In a surprising twist, they have taken over several constituencies that were contested by JDU during the last elections. After a lot of discussions within the party and with NDA allies, LJP(RV) of Chirag Paswan has finally released its first list of 14 candidates on Wednesday. There were several seats which the party had earlier ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, signaling a major reshuffle in the party's state leadership. Ten MLAs, including five former ministers, have been dropped and the party has brought in a mix of new and experienced faces to strengthen the party's social and regional balance. Among those denied tickets are assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, state minister Ramprit Paswan, Motilal Prasad, former minister Amrendra Pratap S ...Read More >
Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday allotted his party LJP(RV) symbol to state president Raju Tiwary from Govindganj and to Hulas Pandey from Brahmapur while releasing the list of 14 candidates from his quota of 29 seats given by the BJP as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreement to contest the assembly elections on Nov 6 and 11.Apart from Raju Tiwari and Hulas, LJP(RV) has fielded Seemant Mrinal (Garkha), Sanjay Kumar Singh (Simri Bakhtiyarpur), Vishnu Dev Paswan (Darouli), Surendra ...Read More >
PATNA, India - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's national alliance faces a tough regional election in the state of Bihar in November, due to youth unemployment and distrust over voter rolls, which could pose risks to his coalition that relies on regional partners. Bihar, in eastern India, is one of the country's poorest states and its third most populous, with over 130 million people. Its chief minister Nitish Kumar has previously sided with both Mr Modi and the opposition, but is currently ...Read More >
PATNA, India (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's national alliance faces a tough regional election in the state of Bihar next month, due to youth unemployment and distrust over voter rolls, which could pose risks to his coalition that relies on regional partners. Bihar, in eastern India, is one of the country's poorest states and its third most populous, with over 130 million people. Its chief minister Nitish Kumar has previously sided with both Modi and the opposition, but is curr ...Read More >
Bihar's folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the assembly election from Alinagar on a BJP ticket New Delhi: Bihar's folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the assembly election from Alinagar on a BJP ticket. Her name was among 12 candidates in the second list that the BJP released today. The BJP has fielded new candidates in nine out of the 12 assembly constituencies in this list. Other key candidates in the second list include former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anand Mishra, w ...Read More >
The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), an NDA ally, has threatened to contest the Bihar Assembly elections alone if the BJP does not allocate them seats. The party claims the RJD has offered them a chance to contest on five seats. SBSP's national general secretary informed BJP chief JP Nadda about the party's influence in 32 Bihar districts. A senior leader of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), which is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), on Sunday said if the BJP does n ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its third list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, fielding Satish Kumar Yadav against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav from Raghopur constituency. According to the official document released by the party on Wednesday, the BJP's Central Election Committee approved the names of candidates for the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. The list includes Nand Kishor Ram from Ramnagar, Vinay Bihari ...Read More >
Patna: In a significant development, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced that he would not contest the Bihar assembly polls, a decision, he claimed, was taken by the party for its greater good.Just a month ago, Prashant Kishor had stirred the political waters in Bihar by suggesting a direct contest against RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, widely seen as the opposition's CM face."I always tell the people that elections should be contested from two places only -- one from on ...Read More >
The National Democratic Alliance has announced its seat distribution for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each. LJP (Ram Vilas) gets 29 seats, with RLM and HAM allocated six seats each. This agreement aims to form an NDA government in Bihar once again. Polling is scheduled for November 6 and November 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in the national capital on Sunday to attend the Central Election ...Read More >
Prashant Kishor has vowed to trounce Tejashwi Yadav like "Rahul Gandhi's defeat in Amethi". Raghopur/Patna: Taking the battle to the enemy's camp, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday hit the campaign trail from Raghopur, the home turf of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, whom he vowed to trounce like "Rahul Gandhi's defeat in Amethi". The 47-year-old politician received a rousing welcome, with garlands placed around his neck to the tunes of drums beaten by enthusiastic supporters, i ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 10 (PTI) Jyoti Singh, wife of Bhojpuri actor and BJP leader Pawan Singh, met Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor here on Friday, amidst speculations that she may be eyeing a party ticket in the Bihar Assembly polls. Dismissing the rumours, Kishor told reporters after the meeting, "Jyoti ji came to meet us today... Let me make it very clear that contesting elections or getting a party ticket is not her intention. She came to explain the difficulties she is currently going through." Acc ...Read More >
Prashant Kishor has said he may contest from Raghopur seat, represented by Tejashwi Yadav ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party will announce its Bihar election candidates this week * Kishor has said he may contest from Kargahar or Raghopur in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election * Raghopur is an RJD stronghold currently held by Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar's Opposition Leader Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Pa ...Read More >
Jan Suraaj Party, founded by former poll-strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday (October 9, 2025), announced the first list of 51 party candidates to contest the upcoming two-phased Assembly elections in the State, for which the Election Commission had earlier, announced dates as November 6 and 11. Prashant Kishor has raised hundreds of crores of rupees through shell companies, alleges Bihar BJP The poll results will be announced on November 14. Also Read | Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 9 (PTI) Jan Suraaj Party on Thursday released its first list of 51 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections, but did not confirm whether its founder Prashant Kishor will be contesting the polls. Addressing a press conference here, party national president Udai Singh said Kishor is likely to hit the campaign trail on October 11 from Raghopur, the constituency of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. "We will soon release a list of candidates for other seats. If you find Kishor Ji's name on t ...Read More >
Patna: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor made it clear that he will go it alone in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, putting an end to speculation about a possible alliance with Union minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).Talking to reporters in Patna on Tuesday night, Kishor said his alliance was only with the people of Bihar. "Won't enter into an alliance with any political party, our alliance is only with the people of the state," he said. He said the Jan Suraaj wou ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 9 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has convened an emergency party meeting at its Patna office on Thursday to discuss the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and organisational matters. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Patna on Wednesday evening, LJP(RV) President and Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that discussions in the meeting would focus on election strategies, seat distribution, and candidate selection. "A meeting has been called by the party's ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: With the Bihar poll dates out, political activity picked up pace in the national capital as senior BJP leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and Vinod Tawde met Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan at his residence on Monday to discuss seat-sharing arrangements for the Bihar assembly polls. According to reports, the meeting lasted around 50 minutes, during which leaders held detailed deliberations on the number of seats to be contested by NDA partners. The talks come ami ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 7 (ANI): As Bihar prepares for the upcoming Assembly elections, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor emphasised that the polls are not about individual leaders but the future of the state's youth. "Voting will not be done for Lalu-Prashant Kishor. Voting will be done by people for their children, for their education and employment, for a change in Bihar. It will be for the beginning that we dream of - that in the coming 10 years, Bihar will be among the 10 lea ...Read More >
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