Overview
- With polling on November 6 and 11 nearing, Nitish Kumar released a video appeal urging voters to back the NDA and citing law-and-order and development since 2005.
- BJP insiders told The Quint the party is not pressing to replace Nitish if the NDA wins, reflected in messaging that pairs Narendra Modi with the incumbent.
- At the ground level, many BJP workers call for a BJP chief minister, and analyses note a rise in upper-caste nominees, with 49 of 100 BJP candidates from savarna communities.
- Local contests remain volatile, including JDU’s Mokama nominee Anant Singh, who rejects numerous criminal allegations as political and faces voters frustrated over scarce jobs.
- Opposition voice Kanhaiya Kumar says the Mahagathbandhan stands with Tejashwi Yadav and alleges the BJP wants JDU to lose to clear the way for its own chief minister.