Addressing a press conference in Patna, the CEC Gyanesh Kumar said, "Bihar has 243 assembly constituencies - 2 for STs and 38 for SCs. The term of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ends on November 22, 2025, and elections will be held before that time... The Election Commission trained booth
However, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram-Vilas) urged the poll panel to conduct elections in two phases and requested the availability of basic amenities at all polling booths, said the party's National General Secretary Shahnawaz Ahmed Kaifee.
Ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar, Janata Dal (United) Parbatta MLA Dr Sanjeev Kumar joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday. Leader of the Opposition in Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed him to the party.
Founder of Jan Suraaj Party, Prashant Kishor, on Monday demanded the resignation of JD-U leader Ashok Choudhary and reiterated that the Bihar Minister had acquired property worth Rs 200 crores by illegal means.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took a sharp dig at RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, and said that he only cared about his family, not the people of Bihar.
Bihar Minister and JD-U leader Ashok Choudhary has given defamation notice to Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor, accusing him of making a new set of "wild, frivolous and defamatory allegations".
Radkhakrishan will be facing off against retired Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy, who has been named as the joint opposition candidate for the Vice President's post.
Earlier on Friday, the man accused of hurling abuses at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during a political rally in Bihar was arrested.
Former Thakurganj MLA Gopal Agarwal officially joined the Janata Dal (United) party on Friday, expressing his happiness at returning to his "old house" after a decade-long hiatus.
"The decision to nominate Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan ji, the Governor of Maharashtra, as the NDA's candidate for Vice President is welcomed. JDU will support Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan ji. Best wishes to him," JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar posted on X in Hindi.