Bihar Election 2025 Highlights: Tejashwi Yadav unveils ‘Pran Patra’ manifesto with focus on jobs

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the "Modi-Nitish" government has strangled the aspirations of the youth in Bihar, left the state abandoned and pushed it into an abyss on every development parameter.

Gandhi asserted that now is the time for change and to reaffirm the Mahagathbandhan's resolve for justice.

He made the remarks in a post on X, accompanied by a video of his interaction with Bihar's youth recently. "A few days ago, I had a very interesting conversation with the youth of Bihar on -- education, health, employment -- every issue. And, there is only one culprit responsible for the deplorable state on all these counts -- the BJP-JDU government," the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said in his post in Hindi.

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At a poll rally in Saran's Parsa, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav said that 'toddy' to be exempted from anti-liquor law in Bihar if INDIA bloc comes to power.

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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the law and order situation has completely collapsed in Bihar, and the NDA government in the state was “least bothered” about the situation.

Addressing a poll rally at Marhaura in Saran, Yadav asserted that the INDIA bloc needs to be voted to power in the assembly elections for redressal of people's grievances.

“Saran is witnessing murder, dacoity, abduction and loot every day. But, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is least bothered about it… he never comes to console the victims. This is sheer insensitivity on the part of the government,” he claimed. “Vote for the INDIA bloc to ensure improved law and order, jobs and redressal of grievances,” Yadav said.

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh said, "Home Minister said thrice that we are contesting Bihar Election 2025 under the leadership of Nitish Kumar...He said that in 2020, Nitish Kumar didn't want to be the CM. But PM called him up and insisted for the same; he did become the CM. This time too, he has said that we are contesting elections under the leadership of Nitish Kumar. CM will be elected by the Legislative Party...Those who want to stoke unnecessary controversy over this are doing negative propaganda..."

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will be in Bihar from Wednesday to campaign for the Assembly elections scheduled for next month, officials said on Tuesday.

Gupta will campaign on Thursday and Friday in five Assembly constituencies -- Bochahan (Muzaffarpur), Danapur (Patna Rural), Patna Sahib (Patna), Madhuban, and Dinara (Rohtas), they said.

Gupta, the lone woman chief minister in 14 BJP ruled states, was in Bihar earlier this week to participate in the nomination filing of party candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha.

The chief minister will extensively campaign for the two-phase Bihar polls in the coming weeks as well, BJP leaders in Delhi said.

Gupta is considered to having an impact on women voters of the state who will decide the fate of the contenders, they said.

The 243-member Bihar Assembly will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, and the counting of votes will be taken up November 14.

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: RJD leader Tejaswai Yadav on Tuesday asserted that the INDIA bloc's manifesto will be a vision document to make Bihar the number one state in the country.

The poll manifesto of the opposition coalition is scheduled to be released in the afternoon.

“We have a vision for the state and a roadmap for its growth. It (the manifesto) can also be called the ‘Tejashwi Pran Patra' (Tejashwi's resolution document),” he told reporters here.

Slamming the NDA for not declaring its chief ministerial candidate, Yadav said, “We announced our CM face ahead of the polls... We are releasing our manifesto today. What about the NDA parties? They have neither declared their CM candidate nor released its manifesto. They simply copy our promises.” The RJD leader also alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have not done anything constructive for Bihar.

“Whenever the PM comes to Bihar… he abuses opposition leaders and promotes negative politics,” the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate alleged.

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Janshakti Janata Dal Chief Tej Pratap Yadav said, "Karpoori ji, Lohia ji, Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi are 'jannayaks'. What does the public want? Those who are calling themselves 'jannayaks' should not do it...Lalu ji indeed was one, but he provides guidance to Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi ji. I do not have that guidance. I have the guidance of Bihar's poor and youth. I am going ahead with that. I will show results by working on my own."

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: On Mahagathbandhan's joint manifesto for Bihar elections, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said, " Today our manifesto will be released to ensure employment to youth, right to education, right to health to the people of Bihar...We will deliver on the promises we make."

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: BJP leader and Bihar Minister Nitin Nabin on Mahagathbandhan said, “Most promises will not be realistic; leaders, alliance and their policies do not have any connection with development.”

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Mahagathbandhan’s CM face and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, “Today, we are releasing the ‘Tejashwi Pran Patra’ - our manifesto, outlining our plan for the next five years. We want the NDA to announce their CM face and tell people about their vision and schemes. We have given a roadmap and a vision to make Bihar number one, while they only indulge in negativity and allegations.”

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Despite several rounds of negotiations between the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Opposition Mahagatbandhan parties were unable to prevent “friendly fights” in 11 seats in Bihar. The Congress is in the contest in nine such seats, facing off against the Tejashwi Prasad Yadav-led RJD in five seats and against the CPI in four. The RJD and Mukesh Sahani’s Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) are facing off in two constituencies.

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Days ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial face Tejshawi Yadav speaks to The Indian Express on his pre-poll promises, friendly fights in the Opposition camp and the politics of doles, among other issues.

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Prashant Kishor, poll strategist turned politician whose Jan Suraaj Party is contesting the Bihar Assembly polls, has his name enrolled in the voter lists of two states – West Bengal and Bihar.

In Bengal, his address is listed as 121 Kalighat Road, which houses the Trinamool Congress office in Bhabanipur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency. Kishor had worked with the TMC as a political consultant during the 2021 Assembly polls in the state. His polling station is listed as St Helen School on B Ranishankari Lane.

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RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial face Tejshawi Yadav speaks to The Indian Express on his pre-poll promises, friendly fights in the Opposition camp and the politics of doles, among other issues.

Your 10 lakh jobs promise is seen to have changed the narrative in your favour in the 2020 polls. Do you sense the same happening with your promise of one government job for each family, though your rivals have said it is not financially viable?

You need to create jobs if you want a healthy economy. Employment links livelihoods with health, education and overall development. We see job creation as an investment and not as a cost. We can create many employment opportunities in the social sector, especially health and education, and while these would generate large-scale employment, they will also improve and strengthen our schools, healthcare centres, and water and electricity supply. It will have a multiplier effect.

We have been working with experts on the cost aspect and on how to implement it. We want to change the mainstream narrative that seeks to squeeze employment and sees workers as expenses. We look at job creation as an economic engine.

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: On Bihar elections, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai said, "In Bihar, our government is certainly going to be formed. The state has bad governance now. The people of Bihar want to get rid of this bad governance; the youth have become fed up due to unemployment..."

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: State Minister OP Rajbhar said, “This time, the public is the master. Babasaheb Ambedkar ji has created such a system that leaders, once made kings, again seek votes from the people when elections are announced. People of every party are doing that.”

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: The Bihar unit of the BJP expelled six party leaders, including Kahalgaon MLA Pawan Yadav, for indulging in "anti-party activities".

According to a party statement issued on Sunday evening, the expelled leaders, including the MLA, have also been suspended from the party's primary membership.

"The party took disciplinary action against them after it found that all six leaders were indulging in anti-party activities against the NDA nominees during the ongoing assembly elections in the state. The sitting MLA of the outgoing assembly, Pawan Yadav, who was denied a ticket by the party this time, is contesting against the NDA nominee from Kahalgaon seat as an Independent candidate," it said.

Others expelled from the party were Sunny Yadav, Shravan Kushwaha, Uttam Choudhary, Maruti Nandan Maruti and Pawan Choudhary.

Reacting to the development, a senior BJP leader said, "These expelled leaders were working against the officially declared candidates of the NDA nominee, and against the ideology of the party."

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Bihar Minister and BJP candidate from Bankipur assembly seat, Nitin Nabin, said, "The CM has spoken about the change Bihar has witnessed in the last 20 years. Bihar was known for the fodder scam, casteism, and cheating in exams. Under Nitish Kumar's leadership, people from Bihar talk about how the state is progressing, including the fulfilment of basic needs. Nitish Kumar defined himself as a true 'samajwadi'...Bihar is on the path of progress and development and giving competition to other states."

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Union Minister Chirag Paswan said, "The opposition parties, especially the RJD, have the ideology of using any means necessary to win elections. Our fight is against this mindset... The convoy of the NDA candidate of Bhaktiyarpur, LJP leader Arun Kumar, was attacked today by anti-social elements belonging to opposition parties. This incident forces us to think that RJD thinks that people from deprived sectors of society are only good for giving votes, that these people should not reach such a level in society that they can join the mainstream. That is why whenever someone from the Dalit or backward classes starts becoming powerful, then these people try to threaten him by any means... Chirag Paswan, LJP, and NDA will never negotiate with such anti-social elements. My government is committed to ensuring the strictest action against all the culprits. We will never let 'jungle raj' return to Bihar..."

Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav Sunday pledged to scrap the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Bihar if his alliance comes to power.

Campaigning in four Seemanchal Assembly seats — Pranpur, Kocha Dhaman, Jokihat and Narpatganj — Yadav said the election was a fight to preserve the Constitution and pluralism.

“If our government is formed, we will throw that (Waqf) Bill into the dustbin,” he said at multiple rallies, calling the measure part of a broader assault on Constitutional equality. “This country belongs to everyone. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, all have sacrificed. The Constitution grants everyone equal rights,” he said in Kishanganj.

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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Though more women than men have been turning up to vote in Bihar in the last few elections, women’s representation in the elections as well as in the Assembly has remained low, shows an analysis of the past five state elections.

In the February 2005 Assembly elections, the first after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, 234 women contested the polls, of whom 24 made it to the Assembly. The state went to the polls months later in October, but only 138 women were in the fray. Twenty-five women made it to the Assembly in that election.

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