Amid the massive gains for JD(U) in Bihar in the recently concluded 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP president Samrat Chaudhary announced on Thursday that the NDA would contest the 2025 assembly polls in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Significantly, the statement comes after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, which saw Nitish Kumar-led JD (U) contest in coalition with the BJP, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) in the state, winning a total of 12 seats.
In a statement released, the BJP leader said, "The NDA will contest the next assembly elections in Bihar under the CM's leadership... We have started preparations for it."
Meanwhile, it is pertinent to note that in the backdrop of the current political situation in the country, Samrat Chaudhary's statement that the NDA would contest the 2025 assembly polls in the state under the leadership of Kumar assumes significance, as Kumar's support has become crucial for NDA government formation at the Centre as the BJP has failed to attain a majority in the Lok Sabha on its own.
Further, commenting on BJP's dismal performance in the Lok Sabha polls, Chaudhary said, "People of Bihar gave us 75 per cent marks (12 seats) in this Lok Sabha polls. We will deliberate on what went wrong in constituencies where we lost."
Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
Of the 40 Lok Sabha seats, the JD(U) and the BJP won 12 each, while LJP (Ram Vilas) secured five, and HAM won one. In the INDIA bloc, the RJD won four seats, the Congress three, and the CPI (ML) Liberation two.
