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In a determination seemingly driven by disappointment implicit not being allocated a spot in the upcoming Bihar polls, the SBSP, a subordinate of the NDA, announced connected Monday (October 13, 2025) that it volition contention 153 seats successful the State.
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) nationalist wide caput Arvind Rajbhar made the announcement, stating that the enactment volition uncover its candidates for the Bihar elections astatine a property league successful Patna connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025).
Speaking to reporters connected the sidelines of an lawsuit successful Ballia, Arvind Rajbhar said, "The SBSP volition contention 153 seats successful Bihar. The enactment has been expanding its organisation successful Bihar for the past 19 years and demonstrating its spot done assorted programmes. Our effort was to fortify the NDA successful Bihar arsenic well, arsenic we are with the NDA successful Uttar Pradesh." Mr. Rajbhar claimed that the Bihar portion of the BJP provided a antagonistic study regarding the spot of the SBSP, which resulted successful the NDA denying them immoderate seats.
"We person been voicing our concerns for a agelong time. On May 1, 2025, we informed Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP nationalist president J.P. Nadda. On May 5, we held a rally successful Bihar and communicated to elder BJP leaders that if an confederation with the NDA was finalised, we would contention together; if not, we would contention alone," helium explained.
He added that the enactment waited until Sunday (October 12, 2025) for the substance to beryllium finalised. "We did not privation to marque a mistake connected our part, truthful we waited for the determination of the NDA's apical leadership. Now, we person decided that the SBSP volition contention 153 seats successful Bihar," Mr. Rajbhar said. When asked astir imaginable alliances with different parties, Mr. Rajbhar mentioned that determination person been efforts made since Sunday. "We received an connection from the Rashtriya Janata Dal to contention 5 seats, but we person rejected it," helium said, adding that helium had besides spoken with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Tej Pratap Yadav.
In effect to a question, Mr. Rajbhar clarified that the SBSP volition stay aligned with the NDA successful Uttar Pradesh and emphasised that they were not focused connected defeating oregon winning against anyone successful Bihar. "We volition stitchery our votes careless of who wins oregon loses," helium added.
The SBSP wide caput besides claimed that individuals who had near the BJP and the Rashtriya Janata Dal were successful discussions with the enactment astir contesting the elections.
Bihar volition spell to the polls successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, and votes volition beryllium counted connected November 14 to determine the destiny of the ruling NDA authorities led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the situation posed by the Opposition bloc comprising the RJD and Congress, among others.
The predetermination successful the politically cardinal State this clip has a 3rd unit successful the signifier of Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party, portion a Special Intensive Review (SIR), which Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar repeatedly described arsenic "shuddhikaran" (purification), of the elector database has already charged up the electoral process.
Announcing the schedule, Mr. Kumar said elections volition beryllium held successful 121 seats of the 243-member Assembly connected November 6, portion the remaining 122 constituencies volition spell to polls connected November 11. The counting of votes volition beryllium held connected November 14.
In the outgoing Assembly, the ruling NDA has 138 members, portion the Opposition confederation has 103 members successful the 243-member Assembly.
