Bihar Elections 2025: 'Everything is positive', says Nityanand Rai after meeting Chirag Paswan

Dharmendra Pradhan and Nityanand Rai have left after the meeting concluded. Chirag Paswan accompanied them to see them off.

 Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni arrived at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's residence. The two leaders are likely to discuss the seat sharing. 

Anant Singh will file his nomination from the Mokama Assembly Constituency on October 14.

 On NDA seat sharing, Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal said, "We have completed the task of preparing the panel for the selection of candidates for those seats where we could not register a win. The announcement regarding the seat sharing of the alliance partners will be made in 1-2 days. After that, we will submit our list to the Central Election Committee, from where the candidates will be announced."

Congress releases a chargesheet against the NDA Government in Bihar.

MoS Home and BJP leader Nityanand Rai, after meeting Union Minister and LJP(RV) President Chirag Paswan, said, "Everything is positive. I will share the rest of the details later."

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav arrived at Rabri Devi's residence. In a short while, all Congress observers will arrive at 10 Circular Road, Rabri Devi's residence, to meet with Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. The discussions on election seats are also likely.

The meeting between Nityanand Rai and Chirag Paswan has concluded.

On the question of whether any opposition leader will join his party or not, Janshakti Janta Dal Founder Tej Pratap Yadav said, "That's a matter for later. We'll see when someone leaves it (their respective alliance)." On Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi's stand on NDA seat sharing in Bihar, he says, "How am I supposed to discuss it right now? That's their NDA alliance problem. What can I comment on that?"

1. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar and the bye-elections to 8 Assembly Constituencies of 6 States and the UT of Jammu & Kashmir on October 6, 2025. 

2. To ensure the smooth and orderly progress of the various phases of elections in  Bihar, around 8.5 lakh election officials have been deployed. The personnel to be deployed include nearly 4.53 lakh Polling Personnel, 2.5 lakh Police Officials, 28,370  Counting Personnel, 17,875 Micro Observers, 9,625 Sector Officers, 4,840 Micro-observers for counting and upto 90,712 Anganwadi Sevikas may also be deployed. 

3. The election machinery, including 90,712 BLOs and 243 EROs is available for the voters on a phone call and through the Book-a-call to BLO facility on the ECINet  App. Call centre number +91 (STD Code) 1950 is also available for registering any complaint/query at the DEO/RO level. 

4. All the personnel deployed shall be deemed to be on deputation to the Election Commission as per the provisions of Section 28A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. 

5. In a first, one General Observer has been deployed for each of the 243 Constituencies in Bihar to function as the eyes and ears of the Commission. In addition, 38 Police Observers and 67 Expenditure Observers have also been deployed. The Observer will station themselves in their respective Constituencies and meet political parties/candidates on a regular basis to address their concerns.

Ahead of the meeting, MoS Home and BJP leader Nityanand Rai said that Union Minister and LJP(RV) President Chirag Paswan is not upset. Meeting for seat sharing in Bihar Assembly poll, underway in Delhi.

The meeting between Chirag Paswan and BJP leader Nityanand Rai has begun to discuss seat sharing in the Bihar elections. The meeting is taking place at Chirag Paswan's North Avenue home in Delhi. Chirag's mother is also present at the home. Chirag Paswan was not at home when Nityanand Rai arrived at Chirag Paswan's home. This is the second time Nityanand Rai has visited Chirag Paswan's home since morning. Chirag Paswan had left for the ministry before Nityanand Rai arrived.

(Input: Bhaskar Mishra)

Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraj has released first list of 51 candidates for Bihar Assembly Polls.

Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram said the party has finalised its candidates allocated to them. He said the announcement in this regard will be made soon. 

On the seat-sharing arrangement within the NDA for the Bihar Assembly elections, LJP (RV) Bihar chief Raju Tiwari said, "...All senior leaders of our party were present in today's meeting. We all unanimously entrusted our national president Chirag Paswan with the full responsibility of taking the final decision, and it will be acceptable to every member of the party..."

RJD leader has promised government job for every household in a big pre poll promise. He also said IT park and factories will be set up, which would provide jobs to youths. 

Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram said the party has finalised its candidates allocated to them. He said the announcement in this regard will be made soon. 

BJP leader Nityanand Rai has reached Chirag Paswan's house for seat-sharing talks.

LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan said talks over seat sharing were underway. "Talks are underway... I have other responsibilities too. I am a minister too... I am going to the ministry at the moment," he said while responding to questions. 

RJD’s parliamentary board meeting, which was slated to take place at Rabri Devi’s residence, has been postponed for tomorrow.   

Congress' Bhupesh Baghel and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have left for Patna to discuss seat-sharing within Mahagathbandhan. Ashok Gehlot will also join them.

Rashtriya Janata Dal is likely to propose 3 deputy CM formulas to do away with seat sharing dispute ahead of Bihar Assembly polls. 

Rashtriya Janata Dal parliamentary board leaders will today assemble at Rabri Devi’s Patna residence to hold a meeting over several issues, including seat-sharing within Mahagathbandhan.

BJP leader Nityanand Rai assigned responsibility to talk to LJP(RV) leader Chirag Paswan and broker a truce over seat sharing. The two leaders are likely to hold a meeting in Delhi today.

Bihar minister Ashok Chaudhary said the NDA seat sharing will be final in a day or two.

"We are repeatedly saying that everything is fine in NDA. Talks are ongoing on seats. There are workers and people from all parties whom we need to satisfy, although there is no problem anywhere. We understand that everything will be sorted out in a day or two," he said. 

The Patna Police recovered Rs 5 lakh from a vehicle during inspection. However, no explanation was given by them regarding the money transaction. Three people were in the vehicle.  

MP from Bihar's Vaishali Veena Devi said the party will finalise seats in a few days after the meeting. She said that Tejashwi Yadav will not be able to form the government.  

The Supreme Court will continue to hear a batch of pleas against SIR in Bihar. The top court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to furnish details of 3.7 lakh voters whose names were deleted after the SIR exercise.

Raising several questions over the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Congress on Wednesday asked why the Election Commission has not made the final list of all deleted voters available and claimed that there are more than five lakh duplicate voters in the final voter list.

The Congress' Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE), formed to monitor the conduct of free and fair elections by the Election Commission of India (ECI), said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) raises more questions than answers.

Dalits in Bihar are marginalised and impatient for change, National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) Chairman Ashok Bharti said on Wednesday as he released a report titled 'What Dalits Want'.

The Election Commission has warned political parties against misusing AI to create deepfakes or distort information in the Bihar assembly polls.

In a statement on Thursday, the poll authority also reminded parties of its instructions to prominently label Al-generated or synthetic content being shared for campaigning through their social media platforms or in the form of advertisements.

The Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met on Wednesday and is learnt to have cleared several candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections in seats that are traditional Congress strongholds.

Former Bihar Minister Murari Prasad Gautam on Wednesday resigned as MLA ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Speculations are rife that he may join the BJP. He was elected to assembly on Congress ticket.

Manjhi has made it clear that his party will not contest the elections if allotted fewer than 15 seats. He has called a party board meeting in Patna on October 10, where he is expected to announce a major decision regarding the party's election strategy.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hold 10 public meeting in Bihar as part of campaign in favour of NDA candidates

The Congress party has assigned six leaders from Uttar Pradesh to oversee the Bihar Assembly elections. This team, led by Ajay Rai, will coordinate the election campaign and strategy in Bihar. The Congress party has released a list of 41 observers for Bihar, including Ajay Rai, Avinash Pandey, Ajay Kumar Lallu, Tanuj Punia, Pradeep Jain, and Sanjay Kapoor from Uttar Pradesh.

The Election Commission on Wednesday issued directions for the strict implementation of Model Code of Conduct for the Bihar elections.

Bihar Chief Minister and Janatal Dal-United (JD-U) chief Nitish Kumar will hold a crucial meeting with party leaders on Thursday as the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) continues to decide its seat-sharing formula for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

LJP(Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan will today meet party leaders to discuss seat sharing issue at party office in Patna.