Bihar Assembly election dates: EC may announce voting dates in October 1st week, voting to be held in…

Bihar Assembly election dates: In a significant update amid the rising political tensions in the poll awaited Bihar, reports have it that the Election Commission is likely to announce Bihar Assembly election dates in the first week of October. It is also being reported that voting for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 is expected to take place in two phases. Here are all the details you need to know on the schedule and other details of Bihar Assembly election 2025.

NDA vs Mahagathbandhan in Bihar Assembly elections

The Bihar elections 2025 will be a close contest between the NDA led by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, BJP leader PM Modi and the opposition Grand Alliance led by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. On one hand, when the ruling NDA government is focusing on the development works done over the last decade, and on the other hand, the Opposition led by RJD and Congress are focusing their campaign on ‘vote theft’, unemployment and corruption.

What’s the role of caste census in Bihar Assembly elections?

Readers should note that this will be the first Bihar election after the 2023 caste census conducted by Nitish Kumar’s NDA government. The caste survey has intensified debates on social justice, reservations, and power-sharing, thus intensifying the Bihar elections.

Story highlights:

1. The Bihar election dates are expected to be announced in first week of October.
2. The Bihar election will be primarily held between NDA and Mahagathbandhan.
3. The NDA is being led by PM Modi and CM Nitish Kumar vs Mahagathbandhan led by Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi.

Tejashwi Yadav’s sharp attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

In a recent war of words, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav launched a sharp attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, declaring that the youth of the state will end the JD-U leader’s two-decade-long rule in the upcoming state Assembly elections, a report by IANS news agency said.

“The youth have sounded the trumpet of revolution. They are standing on one foot to change the government. If the Election Commission and its corrupt machinery dare to commit vote theft in Bihar, the mother of democracy, the people will not spare them,” Yadav said while addressing a rally during his Bihar Adhikar Yatra in Samastipur.

(With inputs from agencies)