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Chirag Paswan meets Nitish Kumar, backs him as CM face for Bihar polls
May-19-2025

In a key political development ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today at his official residence in Patna. 

While interacting with the media after the meeting, Chirag Paswan said, ‘We will contest the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, who will remain the Chief Minister. There is no vacancy for the CM post in Bihar. Under PM Modi and CM Nitish Kumar, the state is progressing rapidly’. His remark indicating that in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, the NDA will project Nitish Kumar as its Chief Ministerial candidate.

The meeting signals a renewed phase of alliance politics between the two leaders. In the 2020 Assembly elections, Chirag’s decision to field LJP candidates against JD(U) nominees had severely dented Nitish Kumar’s party. However, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections marked a turnaround, with both leaders demonstrating unity under the NDA umbrella. 

The Legislative Assembly election for all 243 constituencies in Bihar is scheduled to be held in October or November this year. 

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