Bihar polls: NDA under CM Nitish Kumar’s leadership set for ‘record-breaking’ win, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the National Democratic alliance under the leadership of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will script a “record-breaking” victory in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.

This was the first time that the prime minister endorsed the Janata Dal (United) chief as the alliance’s chief ministerial candidate.

“In the last assembly polls in Gujarat, where the party has been in power for 30 years, all previous records were broken,” Modi said at a rally in Samastipur. “Similar was the case in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana. I am confident that in Bihar, too, under Nitish Kumar, the NDA will break all previous records.”

जननायक कर्पूरी ठाकुर जी की धरती समस्तीपुर में मेरे परिवारजनों का अपार उत्साह साफ बता रहा है कि इस बार बिहार में फिर से एनडीए की सरकार बनने जा रही है। https://t.co/SZbinXuB0r— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 24, 2025

The NDA in Bihar comprises the JD(U), the BJP, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

The Opposition Mahagathbandhan alliance comprises the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress, Pashupati Kumar Paras’ Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, the Vikassheel Insaan Party, the Indian Inclusive Party and three Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of...

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