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Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) predetermination in-charge successful Bihar Dharmendra Pradhan said connected Friday (November 7, 2025) that the precocious polling percent successful the archetypal signifier of the Bihar predetermination indicated a “pro-incumbency vote”. He rejected the Opposition’s assertion that it was a “warning bell” for the ruling NDA successful the State.
On Thursday (November 6), 121 Assembly segments went to the polls successful the archetypal signifier and registered a 64.66% turnout, the highest successful the past of the State.
“It (voter turnout) is fantastic. It indicates a pro-incumbency vote. In the caller past, determination person been galore instances of radical coming retired successful ample numbers to ballot for the incumbent. The aforesaid is happening successful Bihar wherever the people’s spot successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remains stone coagulated and arsenic precocious arsenic the Himalayas. Women had travel retired to ballot successful ample numbers and radical interviewed by the media person intelligibly said that they were voting for improvement and security,” Mr. Pradhan said.
The Minister said that determination “is a wide denotation of which mode the upwind is blowing”.
“The NDA’s electoral argumentation is based connected bully governance, which is other to the representation of ‘jungle raj’ of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Congress regime,” helium said.
Mr. Pradhan agreed with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s estimation that the NDA could triumph “more than 160 seats” successful Bihar’s 243-member Assembly.
Asked astir Mr. Kumar becoming the Chief Minister again, helium said, “We person repeatedly said that the station of the Chief Minister is not vacant successful the NDA. For the past 20 years, this station has been held by the aforesaid person. Yes, this occupation whitethorn originate successful the Opposition, wherever respective members of the aforesaid household are vying for the post.”
Mr. Pradhan targeted RJD person Tejashwi Yadav, the main ministerial campaigner of the INDIA bloc, saying that it was his misconception to see the “bumper turnout” arsenic a motion of triumph for the RJD-led alliance. He said, “In a democracy, radical person the close to dream. The results volition uncover everything successful a fewer days.”
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of “vote theft”, the Minister said it reflected the “mental bankruptcy of the Opposition leader”.
