Bihar elections 2025 Archives

14 Oct

Folk Singer Maithili Thakur Joins BJP Ahead of Bihar Assembly Elections

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Patna, October 14, 2025 — Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, days before the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The 25-year-old singer was welcomed into the party by state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal during a ceremony held in Patna.After joining, Thakur said she would take on any responsibility assigned by the party. Earlier, she had met senior BJP leaders and expressed her desire to contest the assembly elections.Maithili Thakur, a recipient of the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2021, hails from Benipatti in Madhubani district. Alongside…

NDA Finalizes Seat Distribution for Bihar Assembly Polls 2025

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Patna, October 12, 2025: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has announced the distribution of seats among its allies for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. As per the agreement, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) will contest 101 constituencies each. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [LJP (R)] led by Chirag Paswan has been allotted 29 seats, while Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) will each field candidates in six constituencies.In the 2020 Bihar elections, BJP had contested 110 seats and won 74, while JD(U) fought on 115 and secured…

Shankaracharya Backs Independent Candidates Promising Cow Protection in Bihar Polls

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Patna, September 13, 2025: Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Saturday declared his support for independent candidates in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, provided they commit to taking action against cow slaughter.Addressing the media, the Shankaracharya expressed disappointment over decades of unfulfilled promises by political parties. “In the Bihar elections, our vote will go to cow protection and the preservation of Sanatan Dharma. Even after 78–79 years and numerous assurances, no party has genuinely pledged to stop cow slaughter,” he said.He confirmed that candidates would be fielded for all 243 assembly seats across the state but withheld their names for now,…