Bihar elections 2025: JDU to drop 6 non-performing MLAs from candidate list

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) will drop or replace 6 non-performing candidates in the upcoming assembly elections, according to a senior party leader.

The leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the party would contest in 103 of the total of 243 seats in the state assembly. They also said that a formal announcement would be made later at an appropriate time.

He said that "The seats which we would be contesting have been identified. Respective candidates have also been finalised. Four non-performing sitting MLAs will be replaced with fresh faces. A new candidate will also be fielded in the Parbatta seat in Khagaria, where our MLA Sanjeev Kumar last week crossed over to the RJD. The same will happen in Rupauli assembly constituency, where our multiple-term former MLA Bima Bharti has sided with the opposition parties,"

The assembly seats where the four MLAs would be replaced would come under Nawada  Bhagalpu Banka districts.

The leader also said that the central leadership made it clear that the non-performing MLAs would not be repeated in the coming polls.

He also said that the decision was made after considering feedback from the electorate of their respective constituencies.

According to sources, the BJP will contest 102 seats in the upcoming election.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which had earlier said that they would settle for 20 to 22 seats, is now asking for more seats. Meanwhile, NDA partners like Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) will also get a respectable number of seats they added.

BJP state unit Chief Dilip Jaiswal had said that the the seat-sharing arrangements with the NDA partner would be announced on Sunday.

Inputs from PTI

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