A big statement from Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar has come amid voting for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections. He has appealed to the voters to celebrate the great festival of democracy with pomp and exercise their franchise.

Kanhaiya Kumar said, “The first responsibility of any citizen in a democracy is to participate in the Mahaparva (election). We appeal to all the voters of Bihar that the first phase of voting is going on. First, voting and then any other work.”

Kanhaiya Kumar claims- People of Bihar are angry with the government

Speaking to news agency IANS, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar said, “There is a peace within the people we are talking to… Actually, resentment is growing. Convert this resentment into change and vote for jobs at every home. Vote to stop migration.”

Begusarai, Bihar: Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar says, “In a democracy, the first responsibility of every citizen is to participate in this important event. I am appealing to all voters in Bihar to prioritize the first phase of voting above everything else. The people we have… pic.twitter.com/6dbC1a0FA6

— IANS (@ians_india) November 6, 2025

Voting for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections is going on from 7.00 am on Thursday (6 November). Obviously, amid the voting, claims of irregularities by political parties and allegations and counter-allegations are continuing. Meanwhile, the opposition Grand Alliance has made serious allegations against the Bihar Election Commission. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has posted on Twitter and claimed that electricity is being cut repeatedly at many booths deliberately to ensure slow voting. The Election Commission’s reply has also come on this.

RJD has claimed that in the middle of the first phase of voting, electricity is being cut intermittently in order to slow down voting at the strong booths of the Grand Alliance. Slow voting is being conducted deliberately. Regarding this, RJD had demanded from the Election Commission to take immediate cognizance of such ‘rigging’, ‘bad intentions’ and ‘malicious intentions’ and take immediate action.

This allegation is completely baseless and misleading. Voting is going on smoothly at all the polling stations in Bihar. The Election Commission of India is following all standard protocols to make the voting process fair, transparent and seamless. There is no basis for such misleading propaganda. https://t.co/4ZAErlSTt5

—Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar (@CEOBihar) November 6, 2025

Bihar Election Commission calls RJD’s claims ‘false’

Bihar Election Commission has termed this claim of RJD as completely baseless. While sharing RJD’s post, the Election Commission has written, “This allegation is completely baseless and misleading. Voting is going on smoothly at all the polling stations in Bihar. The Election Commission of India is following all the standard protocols to make the voting process fair, transparent and seamless. There is no basis for such misleading propaganda.”

The Election Commission announced the dates of Bihar assembly elections on Monday (October 6, 2025). Chief Election Commissioner Dnyanesh Kumar said that elections in the state will be held in two phases- the first phase will be held on November 6 and the second phase will be on 11 November. The counting of votes and the results will be announced on 14 November. With this announcement, the election Ranbheri has been in the politics of Bihar.

A direct contest has been decided between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition ‘India’ alliance in the state. While the NDA is expecting another tenure under the leadership of Janata Dal (United) President and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the India alliance formed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and other opposition parties is to evict the NDA from power. At the same time, Prashant Kishore’s Jan Suraj Party as the third force in the election equation has also made the match more interesting by announcing to fight in all 243 seats.

Grand Alliance election campaign
On behalf of the Grand Alliance, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has been made the face of the Chief Minister. The opposition has made the alleged disturbances in the voter list and the issue of ‘vote theft’ a major electoral weapon before the election. The Congress and RJD together took out the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’, in which Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav roamed across the state and accused the Election Commission that it was manipulating the voter list to benefit the BJP.

After this, Tejashwi Yadav started his separate ‘Bihar Adhikar Yatra’, in which he surrounded the Nitish government on issues like unemployment and increasing crime. The districts were also included in this journey which were released in the previous journey. There is also a discussion in political circles that Tejashwi may also have some additional political objectives behind this journey, especially in the ongoing conversation of seat sharing, such speculation was made.

Congress weakness and RJD strength
There are also internal challenges in front of the Grand Alliance. The Congress vote percentage has fallen continuously since being out of power in 1990. The state unit of the party is considered weak and enthusiastic. At the same time, Lalu Yadav’s family is entangled in legal matters, in which Tejashwi Yadav is also facing ED investigation due to the ‘Land for Job’ scam. Tejashwi’s popularity is enough in the organization, but due to the statements and attitude of his brother Tej Pratap Yadav, he has to pay attention to family management along with political work. Despite this, RJD has a strong basis of the Muslim-Yadav (My) vote bank, which is about 30% of the state’s population.

Screw on seat sharing, entry of new parties
In the Grand Alliance, there is no agreement on seat sharing. In 2020, RJD contested 144 seats and won 75. The Congress won 19 out of 70 seats, while the Left parties performed excellent- CPI-ML won 12 out of 19, CPM won 2 out of 4 and CPI won 2 seats out of 6. This time the alliance has included three new parties- Vikas Human Party (VIP), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and LJP. Interestingly, VIP left the Grand Alliance five years ago and joined the NDA. Now the party’s Mukesh Sahni is demanding 60 seats and the post of Deputy Chief Minister. In view of the increasing demands of all these parties, making consensus on seat sharing can prove to be a difficult challenge for the grand alliance. Tejashwi Yadav is trying to give a new look to his image by focusing on the issues of youth. He has put important issues like employment, migration and law and order at the top of the election agenda.

NDA’s strategy, development and trust in ‘double engine’
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JDU and BJP have come out with the goal of maintaining power in this election and increasing the number of seats. NDA is contesting on the slogan of development and ‘double engine government’ i.e. Narendra Modi at the Center and Nitish Kumar in the state.

Nitish Kumar, who has been holding the post of Chief Minister in the state for a long time, is known for his ‘good governance’ image. Recently, his government has launched several popular schemes, including an increase in social security pension, financial assistance of Rs 10,000 to 75 lakh women and large infrastructure projects. The central government has also started many development schemes in Bihar.

BJP and JDU get the benefit of the organized cadre of RSS organizations, such as Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,. Nitish Kumar himself comes from the Kurmi caste (about 3%), and he has introduced himself as a leader of extremely backward classes (EBC), which is the largest social group in the state. However, BJP is still seen as a ‘Savarna Party’, which is slightly more than 10% of the total population of the state.

The opposition says that Nitish’s declining health and BJP-JDU can be a weakness of the coalition race to become an ‘elder brother’. In 2020, BJP won 74 seats and became the second largest party, while JDU won 43 seats.

Jan Suraj: Prashant Kishore’s new challenge
Electoral strategist -turned -politician Prashant Kishore has introduced himself as a third front through Jan Suraj Party. He has made the issue of governance and failures of the current parties instead of caste -based politics. Kishore has announced that his party will field candidates in all 243 seats. He has made sharp attacks on NDA leaders. On his target, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Minister Ashok Chaudhary, Mangal Pandey and BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal have been.

Interestingly, the same Prashant Kishore, who has been accusing the BJP of having ‘secret support’, is now making the most sharp attack on NDA leaders. It is believed that they can soon take the leaders of the Grand Alliance on their target, which has increased the thrill among the voters.

These leaders will be at stake in Bihar elections

Nitish Kumar
JDU leader Nitish Kumar is currently the Chief Minister. After 20 years, he will have a challenge to compete with anti-power waves and leadership fatigue. At the same time, they have to create a balance between dependence on the alliance and their political legacy. If he wins, then Bihar’s identity as Chief Minister will be confirmed for the longest time, but this time his party loses, then his political domination will be considered as the end.

Tejashwi Yadav
Tejashwi Yadav is the Leader of the Opposition in Bihar. In this election, he has a chance to get out of Lalu Yadav’s shadow. Also, the challenge before him is to increase the Aadhaar from MY (Muslim-Yadav) vote bank. If he wins this election, then the youth of Bihar will become the new face of politics, but if they lose, then his image can always become the second leader.

Chirag Paswan
LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag has described himself as salt in Bihar politics. He is the Dalit face of NDA in Bihar. In front of him, it will be a challenge to move away from the role of a leader who spoils the game and become a real powerful leader. At the same time, his supporters will be in the hope that in the politics of Delhi, the deep penetrated Chirag Patna should also convert his strength into seats. If his party’s performance in this election is good, then he will get different strength in politics, but he may have to marginalize if he loses.

Prashant Kishore
In this time elections of Bihar, a well-known name in political multiplication is in a lot of discussion. It is being talked about Prashant Kishore, the head of Jan Suraj. Electoral strategist -turned -politician Prashant is a challenge in front of Bihar to break up the dominant politics of Bihar. His crushing defeat in this election will be in danger of being irrelevant in politics.

Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader and Rahul Gandhi, who has important importance in the politics of the Center, has been the star campaigner of the opposition alliance in the Bihar elections. There was also a crowd in his rallies, but now there will be a big test of his leadership and party’s base in this election. To prove his importance in India alliance, he is in great need of many important upbuages. The Congress’s good performance in the Bihar assembly elections will tell the story of the party’s return in Bihar and the strength in the India alliance, but if the party gets defeat, then the Congress will go on more marginalized.