Bihar election 2025: If NDA wins, will JDU’s Nitish Kumar become the Chief Minister again? Amit Shah reveals…

Bihar Assembly Election 2025: If the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), contesting the high-stakes battle under Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, wins the elections scheduled for November 6 and 11 in two phases, with counting on November 14, then the elected legislators will decide who will head the new government, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

“I am not the one to decide whether Nitish Kumar will be CM or not. For now, we are contesting under Nitish Kumar’s leadership. After the elections, all allies will sit together and decide on their leader,” India Today quoted Shah as saying.

Shah also disclosed that following the 2020 assembly elections, Nitish Kumar had reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting that the Chief Minister of Bihar should be from the BJP, since it had won more seats than his own party. "But we always respected our alliance, and Nitish was made the Chief Minister based on the respect he had earned and his seniority," he said while speaking with India Today TV.

Amit Shah on Nitish Kumar's history of switching parties

Shah, when questioned about Nitish Kumar’s history of changing political alliances, responded that Kumar had been aligned with the Congress for only about two and a half years. He added that Kumar’s political journey has mostly been rooted in opposing the Congress, beginning with his involvement in the JP Movement of 1974, which eventually grew into a nationwide protest against former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and culminated in the declaration of the Emergency.

NDA in Bihar assembly elections

Contesting the Bihar elections as allies, the BJP, JD-U, LJP (Ram Vilas), HAM, and RLM have finalized a seat-sharing arrangement. Under this agreement, the BJP and JD-U will each contest 101 seats, the LJP (Ram Vilas) will field candidates in 29 constituencies and both HAM and RLM will contest six seats each.

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav on unemployment in Bihar

Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Thursday welcomed popular Bhojpuri actor-singer Khesari Lal Yadav into the party. He joined alongside his wife, Chanda Devi, in the presence of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Tejashwi Yadav reiterated his assurance to creating jobs and reducing unemployment in Bihar. "Singer Khesari Lal Yadav, along with his wife Chanda Devi, has joined the RJD today. We have to build a new Bihar. Bihar should be free of migration. Unemployment should be eradicated from its roots. Inflation and poverty should end. Factories should be set up. Investment should come. The existing medical system should improve. Now, my dream is to eliminate unemployment from Bihar," ANI quoted him as saying.