Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP successful Bihar Legislative Assembly and RJD person Tejaswi Yadav. File
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The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagatbandhan (grand alliance) failed to denote its seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election connected Monday (October 13, 2025), contempt astatine slightest 2 rounds of meetings betwixt the apical enactment of RJD and Congress successful the nationalist capital.
The ruling NDA connected Sunday (October 12, 2025) had announced the fig of seats that it would beryllium contesting with its apical constituents — BJP and JD(U) — for the archetypal clip placing each different connected adjacent terms. Both volition contention 101 seats successful the State, which has a 243-member Assembly.
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RJD president Lalu Prasad connected Monday gave distant enactment tickets to candidates favoured by him, unfazed by the inability of the INDIA bloc to formally denote a program for seat-sharing.
It was not known precisely however galore candidates got the enactment ticket, connected a time erstwhile filing of nominations for the 2nd and last signifier of polls began, and lone 4 days were near for candidates of the archetypal limb to taxable their papers.
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October 14, 2025 07:30
Jan Suraaj Party announces 2nd database of 65 candidates
A time aft the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced the seat-sharing program among its allies for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), founded by erstwhile canvass strategist Prashant Kishor, connected Monday (October 13, 2025) declared a 2nd database of 65 enactment candidates.
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October 14, 2025 07:30
Same alliances, static caste arithmetic, but Bihar conflict tin upend presumption quo
The Assembly predetermination successful Bihar — being held successful 2 phases, November 6 and 11, with results to beryllium declared connected November 14 — is simply a high-stakes conflict for each players.
An in-depth look astatine the authorities of play successful the State shows that each large enactment is grappling with its ain issues, some internally and externally. The caste arithmetic has remained much oregon little static successful the State implicit the past 2 decades, ever since the ascendancy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Same alliances, static caste arithmetic, but Bihar conflict tin upend presumption quo
Bihar Assembly polls analysis: High stakes conflict betwixt NDA and INDIA bloc, with Prashant Kishor's JSP arsenic imaginable disruptor.
Published - October 14, 2025 07:30 americium IST