Bihar elections 2025: Chirag Paswan says Nitish Kumar ‘necessity’ for state, explains why

More than 4 lakh security personnel have been deployed for the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections to ensure peaceful polling, PTI news agency quoted officials as saying.

The voting in phase 2 will be held at 45,399 polling stations across 122 Assembly constituencies, with 40,073 being in rural areas.

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that the polls in Bihar was an "election between jungle raj and good governance', news agency ANI reported.

“Tejashwi is taking forward his father's legacy of bad governance, corruption, and fear. Tejashwi Yadav presides over the legacy of his father's jungle raj...” Prasad said.

LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Monday said Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was a “necessity” for the state, while claiming that there was no anti-incumbency against him.

"As a Political Science student, I would say that Nitish ji is a necessity, and I am saying this in a positive way. When I say that I am a student of politics, this is another case study," ANI quoted Chirag as saying.

Chirag further said he would want to know how Nitish had stayed in power for two decades “despite all the highs and lows.” “There is no anti-incumbency. I am saying this very honestly,” the LJP(RV) chief added.

Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Monday alleged that the Election Commission had “not done justice to Bihar voters.” Shivakumar further claimed the EC was conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls after admitting that “something wrong” was committed by “misusing its office”, PTI news agency reported.

Shivakumar alleged the votes of the poor and those migrating outside Bihar for their jobs had been deleted on a large scale.

Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday questioned why gender-wise data of the voters had not been released. “It has been 4 days, and we still haven't received the figures on how many women voted and how many men voted,” ANI quoted Khera as saying.

He further said that earlier, the data was provided by evening of the polling day. “Now we are far ahead in technology, we are Digital India. Even after that, why isn't the Election Commission releasing the figures even after 4 days?” Khera asked.

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition parties “make frivolous statements” against regulatory bodies when they do not get what they want, PTI news agency reported.

“My counter-allegation is that, whether it is Rahul Gandhi or his allied parties, whenever they don't get what they want, they start making frivolous statements about institutions like the Election Comission, the Courts, the CAG, and the Parliament,” Prasad said.

BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday called RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's press conference the “height of desperation”, according to PTI news agency.

“The campaigning has ended, but I didn’t expect the Opposition to become so hopeless. Today, Tejashwi Yadav held a press conference repeating all his schemes, this is the height of desperation,” Prasad said.

He added that Tejashwi had questioned why all industries are set up in BJP-ruled states and not in Bihar or Tamil Nadu. “It seems Rahul Gandhi’s company has had its effect on Tejashwi too,” the BJP MP said.

Prasad further said that the “BJP, along with NDA, is moving towards a decisive, effective, and historic victory in the Bihar elections.”

The Mahagathbandhan alliance has backed an independent candidate for the Mohania Assembly seat, after their candidate's nomination was cancelled. From Mohania, incumbent MLA Sangita Kumari, who had earlier won the seat from the Rashtriya Janata Dal, is seeking reelection on a BJP ticket.

Mohania, which goes to polls in the second and final phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar, will witness a triangular contest between the NDA, BSP and an Independent, ANI news agency reported.

A reserved seat for the Scheduled Caste, Mohania is part of the Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency in Kaimur (Bhabua) district. RJD candidate Shweta Suman's nomination was cancelled ahead of the elections, following which the Mahagathbandhan is supporting independent candidate Ravi Shankar Paswan, son of BJP leader and former MP Chhedi Paswan.

Ahead of the second and final phase of Assembly elections in Bihar, polling staff in voting centres, including in SSB camp at Raxaul, have received EVMs.

Janshakti Janata Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav Monday said his party will win 10 to 15 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections, ANI news agency reported. Yadav, who is also a candidate from Mahua Assembly seat, said, “We will win. Our party will win 10-15 seats.

Asked who will form government in the state, Yadav said he could not say anything at present. “Let's see what happens. We will find out on November 14. The results will be out on the 14th. I am not omniscient, so I cannot tell you anything,” he added.

Bihar elections 2025 live: BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal on Monday accused Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav of being "anti-reservation, anti-backward classes". He said, “Tejashwi Yadav is anti-reservation. He is anti-backward classes. This is why, as long as Lalu Yadav was in power, neither the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, nor the Extremely Backward Classes received reservations in the Panchayati Raj system. When Nitish Kumar came to power, everyone, from Mukhiya to District Council members, received reservations.”

Bihar elections 2025 live: RJD leader and INDIA bloc chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav on Monday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for "not disclosing gender-wise data" of electors who cast their votes in the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls even after four days of the voting. Talking to reporters here, Yadav said, “The EC has not disclosed the gender-wise data of electors who cast their votes on November 6 even after four days have passed from the first phase of assembly polls. This is happening for the first time. Earlier, it was given immediately."

Bihar elections 2025 live: Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh on Monday slammed RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, saying that his party stands nowhere after the conclusion of the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections. "Hawabaazi karne ki unn logo ko aadat hai. Hawa main rehte hai. They are nowhere in the first phase of elections held on 121 seats. They will not be visible in Bihar after November 14. He knows that the public won't give him a chance, and that's why he is saying anything," Singh told ANI.

Bihar elections 2025 live: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav said, "Bihar will become the most developed state. It saw no success in the last 20 years. Now, after November 14, Bihar will list out its success. There will be food processing units, agro-based industry, facilities for education, medical and opportunities to earn money. There will be IT hubs and educational cities. Superspeciality hospitals will be built. We will make sure no Bihari has to go to other state."

Bihar elections 2025 live: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav also said that PM Modi indulged in negative politics during his campaign for Bihar assembly elections. He also assured that there would be no compromise with law and order. “We will take action against criminals, communal forces, corruption if we win Bihar polls,” he said.

Bihar elections 2025 live: Union minister and BJP's Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday lashed out at Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on 'Gen Z', alleging that Gandhi was "born with a golden spoon" and disconnected from the ground realities of the nation. In an interview with ANI, he said, "Rahul Gandhi was born with a golden spoon. He does not know the country. Those who have choked the Gen Z since the beginning are now giving advice? What is their right? They go to the elections and lose the elections."

“The first phase of the elections was on November 6. Today is November 10. Even after 4 days, the data has not been made public... Earlier, they used to tell on the same day manually. Why is the data being concealed? The voting is on November 11 and the voting is on the 14th. But you won't know for more than 4 days how many votes were cast... BJP will carry on with its sins and the Election Commission will keep covering... The Election Commission is dead and has become a tool,” RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said.

Bihar elections 2025 live: Mahagathbandhan’s CM face Tejashwi Yadav said in Patna, “What kind of songs PM Modi was singing in his rallies, I don’t know which web series he is watching these days. How does he get so much spare time to do all this?”

Bihar elections 2025 live: Bihar deputy chief minister and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary on Sunday said that Nitish Kumar will continue to remain Chief Minister after NDA returns to power in the state here. Addressing a press conference in Patna, he said, "I am a political worker of the BJP. There is no vacancy here (in NDA). Nitish Kumar is the chief minister today and will remain so."

Bihar elections 2025 live: A Delhi court on Monday deferred pronouncement of its order to December 4 on framing of charges in the alleged land-for-job case involving RJD chief and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his family members, and several others. The matter will now be taken up on December 4, when the court is expected to pronounce its decision on whether there is sufficient evidence to frame charges.

Bihar elections 2025 live: Security has been beefed up across Bihar for the second phase of the assembly polls on November 11, with over 4 lakh personnel engaged in election duties, officials said on Monday. Voting will be held at 45,399 polling stations, including 40,073 in rural areas, across 122 assembly seats. More details here.

Bihar elections 2025 live: RJD MP Misa Bharti slammed the NDA on Monday, saying that just as the BJP had failed to reach its predicted tally of over 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the same would happen to its predictions in the Bihar polls as well. "Here, the government of the Mahagathbandhan is being formed, a government for the unemployed and the youth," she said.

Bihar elections 2025 live: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday claimed that the Mahagathbandhan would face a massive defeat in the ongoing Bihar assembly polls, and after this loss, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) would disintegrate. Speaking to ANI, he said, "There is a one-sided atmosphere, the memories of Jungle Raj are still fresh in people's minds. Good governance, development and people's welfare will become the reason for NDA's victory. Their (Tejashwi Yadav's) family itself has fallen apart, and now the Mahagathbandhan will have to face a massive defeat, and after this crushing loss, the RJD will disintegrate."

A day before polling for the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly polls, the Congress on Monday said this time the Mahagathbandhan government is certain in the state and its guarantees will be implemented as soon as it comes to power. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Mahagathbandhan government will liberate Bihar from 20 years of "helpless governance". He further wrote, “Now migration will stop, the darkness will be removed from the future of the youth, every household will have a brighter tomorrow! We will end injustice, transform Bihar with social justice.”

Bihar elections 2025 live: BJP Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday took a dig at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav over his job promise, calling it impractical. Pradhan pointed to the land-for-jobs scam case involving his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is accused of accepting land from candidates in exchange for government jobs.