As the pace of election campaign under Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 is increasing, seeing the silence of the voters, the alliance party partners are opening new political cards of their own. Experts say that voting will be held for 243 seats on 6th and 11th November. Where there are strong chances of a triangular contest between the constituent parties of NDA, the partner parties of India Grand Alliance and the lone Jansuraj Party.
The special thing is that out of the suspense that both the important alliances had maintained about their respective Chief Ministers, the internal discord between RJD-Congress came to an end today as soon as the name of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, former Chief Minister, was announced as the Chief Minister of India Alliance. At the same time, moral pressure has increased on BJP-JDU to reveal to the public who will be the next Chief Minister of NDA. However, it also has its advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, everyone’s eyes are on the next step of famous political strategist and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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The question is that while on one hand the ruling NDA alliance has refrained from announcing the names of its Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, on the other hand, the main opposition India alliance has announced the names of its Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister through a press conference. But doing so has caused great embarrassment to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and state in-charge Krishna Allavaru. The way this announcement was made by sending former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, it has made clear the weaknesses of the party leaders, whereas this is the first victory of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
At the same time, alleged Congress leader and independent MP from Purnia Pappu Yadav has given an open offer to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, due to which there is no limit to the troubles of BJP strategists. Now whether they declare Nitish Kumar as the future Chief Minister or not, but if the people who love Nitish Kumar wholeheartedly, instead of BJP, LJP, HAM, RLMO, vote for Congress or vote for RJD or vote for any other candidate of India Alliance, then the entire strategy of BJP will fail.
People are saying this because Nitish Kumar and people close to him will definitely take revenge for the 2020 betrayal by BJP-LJP, otherwise JDU’s political arrogance will end. It is also said in the political circle of Bihar that Nitish Kumar, the Chanakya of politics, has a tooth in his gut, in which big antimony Bhopali leaders have been crushed. Even in the last Lok Sabha elections, the main architect of the political disaster that the India Alliance caused to the BJP was Nitish Kumar, who hit back for not making the India Alliance the national convenor and by joining the NDA, today he is holding its remote control in his hands.
Therefore, it is in the best interest of BJP to announce the name of Nitish Kumar as its future Chief Minister as soon as possible. Otherwise history will repeat itself on November 14. To be honest, the delay in announcing the name of NDA’s Nitish Kumar against India Alliance’s Tejashwi Yadav will prove to be suicidal!
– Kamlesh Pandey
Senior journalist and political analyst