JD-U chief Nitish Kumar will be the NDA’s CM face in Bihar Assembly Election, which will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11.
Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Incumbent Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be the NDA’s CM face in the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Senior BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday, adding that seat-sharing talks between between the alliance partners are underway and will be finalized.
Nitish Kumar to remain NDA’s CM face?
“Nitish Kumar is NDA’s face for the chief ministerial post in the coming assembly polls. Everything is fine within the NDA… seat-sharing arrangements for assembly polls are underway and the final formula would be finalised soon … and you people will come to know about that,” Singh told reporters in Patna.
The veteran BJP leader shut down claims of differences between NDA partners, and took a dig at the INDIA bloc, claiming that the Congress-RJD led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is a “divided” house, as the opposition is unclear over its chief ministerial face in the poll-bound state.
“The Congress party has already made it clear that Tejashwi Yadav will be the chief ministerial face of RJD, not of the Mahagathbandhan. Now, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav is worried and frightened after the statement of the Congress leadership … the leadership of Mahagathbandhan has not yet been decided. I must say that NDA’s policy, leadership, and intent are all set and there is no resentment at all,” he said.
EC issues directions for strict MCC implementation
Meanwhile, in a related development, Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued directions to the Chief Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar regarding the immediate coming into force of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the poll-bound state.
As per an official statement, the ECI has directed to ensure strict compliance with the instructions related to removal of defacement from Government, public and private property; misuse of official vehicles or Government accommodation by any political party, candidate or any other person connected with the election; ban on issuance of advertisement at the cost of public exchequer
Bihar Assembly Election will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11 while the counting of votes will take place on November 14 and results announced on the same day.
(With inputs from agencies)
