Bihar, Nitish Kumar and assembly elections
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Nitish Kumar Set for 10th Term as Bihar CM; JDU Leaders Meet at His Residence After Poll Victory
This special report focuses on the political developments in Bihar, where Nitish Kumar is set to become Chief Minister for the tenth time following a significant election victory. Key Janata Dal (United) leaders,
Nitish Kumar does not have a constituency as he did not contest the 2025 Bihar assembly election. He is instead a member of the state’s Legislative Council.
For every six MLAs a party managed to send to the Bihar Assembly, they will be rewarded with a ministerial post — meaning there will be more BJP ministers in the upcoming Nitish Kumar government than
The Nitish-led NDA has comfortably crossed the majority mark and is on course to secure more than 200 of the 243 seats.
NDA has swept the Bihar 2025 election, which also means Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath again, making this his fifth consecutive term. But because the BJP has seen a dramatic surge in its seats this time, rumours are naturally surfacing about whether the party might want its own face to replace Kumar.
With the NDA securing a landslide in the 2025 Bihar Assembly polls, the process of forming the new government has accelerated.
This report covers the National Democratic Alliance's landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, paving the way for Nitish Kumar to continue as Chief Minister. The bulletin discusses the BJP emerging as the single largest party and features reactions from alliance leaders,
He is basically the Amitabh Bachchan of Bihar politics. He has built a brand over time. Why do people love Amitabh Bachchan? It is because of his legacy -- and his latest movie is another reason to love him. Nitish Kumar has firmly secured his place in history.
Flop” for his political adaptability, Nitish Kumar has long shown strategic skill in Bihar’s shifting political landscape.