Bihar Election 2025 Updates: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav has been booked for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) while filing his nomination papers from the Mahua Assembly seat in Bihar’s Vaishali district, the police said.
According to a statement from the district police on Sunday, the Circle Officer of Mahua filed a complaint after a video went viral on social media. The clip showed Tej Pratap using an SUV with a police logo and a beacon light during a procession on October 16, when he was submitting his nomination documents. The police said they investigated the matter and found that the police logo and beacon light on the vehicle were privately used. Following this, a case was registered against him for violating the election code of conduct.
Tej Pratap Yadav had formed his own party, the Janshakti Janta Dal, after being expelled from the RJD by his father, Lalu Prasad, on May 25 for six years. His expulsion came after he reportedly admitted to being in a relationship with a woman. Soon after, Tej Pratap deleted a Facebook post about the matter, claiming that his account had been hacked. Lalu Prasad, meanwhile, publicly distanced himself from his elder son, citing what he called his irresponsible behaviour.
A few days after his expulsion, Tej Pratap alleged that there was a conspiracy to create differences between him and his younger brother, Tejashwi Yadav. He shared his frustration through several posts on X, where he blamed the internal rift on “Jaichand,” a term often used to refer to betrayers.
PM Modi’s campaigning to take center stage in Bihar this week
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin campaigning for the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 this week, according to state BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal. Jaiswal said the Prime Minister’s first rally will be held in Samastipur on October 24, followed by another one in Begusarai the same day. Modi is expected to return to Bihar on October 30 to address rallies in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra. Jaiswal also mentioned that more rallies are planned for November 2, 3, 6, and 7.
Bihar will go to the polls in two phases – November 6 and 11 – and the counting of votes will be done on November 14. Friday was the last day to file nominations for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election 2025. The last date for filing nominations for the second phase will end tomorrow, October 20, and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is on October 23.
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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: AAP candidate walks barefoot to file nomination - Video
AAP candidate Bhanu Bhaskar walks barefoot to file his nomination for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
VIDEO | Purnea, Bihar: AAP candidate Bhanu Bhaskar walks barefoot to file his nomination for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.#biharelections2025 #biharelectionswithpti
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 20, 2025
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Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'Mahagathbandhan is a mess', says Bihar Minister Santosh Kumar Suman
Bihar Minister Santosh Kumar Suman calls the Mahagathbandhan "a mess" and expresses confidence that the NDA will secure victory in the upcoming assembly elections.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Women asked me to contest polls, says Pawan Singh's wife
Independent candidate from the Karakat assembly constituency, Jyoti Singh says, "There was a time when I was confused about whether I should contest the elections or not. At that time, I received the most calls from women who told me, 'You should contest the elections. If you step back, it will break our morale'..."
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Pawan Singh's wife files her nomination as an independent candidate
Jyoti Singh, wife of Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh, filed her nomination as an independent candidate for the Karakat assembly constituency at the Vikramganj sub-division in Rohtas district.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Congress' Minnat Rahmani to contest polls from Supaul
Congress has fielded Minnat Rahmani from the Supaul assembly seat for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: RJD's Jai Prakash Narayan files nomination from Jhajha
RJD candidate Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav filed his nomination from Jhajha assembly.
He says, "Vote for Mahagathbandhan-RJD and make Tejashwi Yadav the Chief Minister of Bihar".
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'Congress candidates are being nominated smoothly', says party leader on RJD list
On RJD candidate list for Bihar assembly elections 2025, Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahai says, "All the candidates from the Congress are being nominated smoothly... The workers of the alliance were already hoisting each other's flags 3 months earlier during Rahul Gandhi's voter adhikar yatra..."
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Chirag Paswan's supporter sings song at his house
Chirag Paswan's supporters gathered at his house, with singer Saurav Dhawan singing a song in support of his CM bid.
Patna, Bihar: Chirag Paswan's supporters gathered at his house, with singer Saurav Dhawan singing a song in support of his CM bid. pic.twitter.com/hqPvPqJrQN
— IANS (@ians_india) October 20, 2025
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Cong announces one more name, 61 candidates declared so far
The Congress on Monday released name of one more candidates for the Bihar Assembly polls, taking the total number of candidates announced by the party to 61.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'An alliance so close to breaking apart'- Chirag Paswan attacks oppn
Union Minister Chirag Paswan says, "I am a student of politics, and as a student, I study, analyze, and understand how elections work. But in my lifetime, I have never seen an election where such a large alliance has come so close to breaking apart. One might understand disputes over certain seats, but until now, the alliance hasn’t even been able to decide on the number of seats. If people within this Mahagathbandhan face each other in some seats, it’s not a 'friendly fight'..."
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'Mahagathbandhan in delusion', Chirag Paswan as RJD declares 143 candidates
On RJD fielding candidates in 143 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections, Union Minister Chirag Paswan says, "I have never seen such a thing in my life that such a big alliance is on the verge of ruins... If the people of mahagathbandhan are in this delusion that they can field multiple candidates from the same seat, then they should know that there's no such thing as a 'friendly fight'... But now the mahagathbandhan has given us a walkover even on many seats which seemed challenging to us."
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'RJD-Congress alliance is an arrogant one' - says Nityanand Rai
Union Minister Nityanand Rai ahead of Bihar polls says, "RJD-Congress alliance is arrogant and driven only by clashes of self-interest".
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: RJD leader says list has names of candidates, and they will nomination today as it is last day
RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari says, "The nomination process for the second phase of voting will conclude today, which is the final date. The RJD has released the list of all its authorized candidates. All our authorized candidates have been allotted symbols and have filed their nominations. Now, the Mahagathbandhan will contest the elections intact and with strength..."
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'There is no hostility among us', Congress says INDIA bloc resolving disputes
Congress leader Surendra Rajput shares insights on Mahagathbandhan’s struggles with seat-sharing in Bihar elections. He says, “Our differences may exist, but we are resolving disputes through dialogue. There is no hostility among us. Conversations are opening up all the paths. There is no bitterness in the alliance. Unlike the NDA, we are not fielding candidates against one another within the coalition. It is not like the NDA where people such as Chirag Paswan say things like ‘it is unfortunate that Nitish Kumar is the chief minister of North Bihar’, nobody is saying that here. Everyone is united in one voice. Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, everyone is talking things through fully. Yes, every party wants to contest more seats. All differences have been resolved. After Diwali, the alliance will, with full strength, remove the seat usurpers. We will remove from power those under whose rule nine crore litres of liquor are consumed by rats. Under them, 130 bridges worth ₹7,581 crore have been eaten by rats. We will oust such corrupt people. Those who annually hand over ₹50,000 crore to liquor mafias in Bihar, these looters will be removed from office, and Nitish Kumar will be unseated. On the 14th the alliance will have the chief minister. The coming time will belong to the alliance.”
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: RJD declares list of 143 candidates for Bihar election
Ending weeks of suspense, the RJD on Monday announced list of 143 candidates for the Bihar assembly election.
RJD releases its list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly Election 2025, fielding candidates in 143 seats. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will contest from the Raghopur assembly seat in Vaishali district. pic.twitter.com/wSsMEj8gdm
— ANI (@ANI) October 20, 2025
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Congress MP says Mahagathbandhan seat-sharing is 'done deal', only announcement 'pending'
Sasaram Congress MP Manoj Kumar says, "'Mahagathbandhan' seat-sharing is a done deal; only the formal announcement is pending. Everything is well within the alliance.”
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Will Chirag Paswan be Bihar CM? He responds
When asked if he sees himself as the contender for the post of Chief Minister, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said, "Every party wants its leader to become the Chief Minister. I myself wanted my father to become the Chief Minister or even the Prime Minister. Discussions on these topics should be held at the right occasions. In today's situation, many leaders of the NDA alliance have made it clear that we are contesting the elections under the leadership of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, and after the elections, the elected MLAs will once again choose Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister. I have always maintained that I want to focus more on Bihar. I wanted to contest the Bihar elections, but the prolonged negotiations shifted my priority to focusing on the candidates of my party. In the next four to five years, I will try to focus on Bihar even more." (19.10)
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Raj Thackeray says BMC election cannot be held unless EC removes 'fake voters'
Criticising the Election Commission ahead of the local body elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday claimed that 9.6 million fake voters have been added, as per the information received. The MNS chief asked the ECI not to hold elections in Maharashtra until the issue of fake voters is cleaned up.
Aam Aadmi Party releases its list of star campaigners for the Bihar Assembly Elections.
AAP has named party Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Maan, party leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Satyendar Jain, former Delhi CM Atishi, AAP Delhi President Saurabh Bhardwaj, AAP Punjab President, Minister Aman Arora, former Delhi ministers Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Congress releases another list of 6 candidates; 60 names declared so far
The Congress on Monday released another list of six candidates for the Bihar Assembly polls, taking the total number of candidates announced by the party to 60.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: 'If Lalu dies, no one would even know Tejashwi Yadav' - says JDU's Anant Kumar
JD(U) candidate from Mokama Assembly constituency, Anant Kumar Singh says, "If Lalu Yadav dies, no one would even know Tejashwi Yadav. He is only known as Lalu’s son, he has no personal merit or distinction of his own".
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: AAP releases fourth candidate list
Aam Aadmi Party releases the fourth list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. pic.twitter.com/wVybMXhlfP
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: INDIA bloc unsettled as nomination deadline looms
Chinks in the INDIA bloc's armour became all too obvious on Sunday in poll-bound Bihar, where disgruntled aspirants in the RJD and the Congress, the two largest constituents, had a field day charging the leadership with having put tickets up for sale.
With less than 24 hours left for the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase to be over, the multi-party coalition was still unable to declare things like a chief ministerial candidate and the formula of seat-sharing among six alliance partners.
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, however, continued to disburse party symbols at will, which did not go down well with the party's media cell president Ritu Jaiswal, who announced that she would be filing her nomination papers as an Independent from Parihar seat, against the official candidate Smita Purve.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: JDU candidate flip flop continues in Amour
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) was left with egg on its face on Sunday when the candidature of Sabir Ali, from the Amour assembly seat, was withdrawn in favour of Saba Zafar, who had already filed nomination papers on the party's ticket.
Ali, who had been expelled from the JD(U) in 2014, was on Saturday named the candidate from the assembly seat in Purnea district, in a sudden decision that took party cadres by surprise.
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Chirag Paswan takes a swipe at Mahagathbandhan - 'Incapability of Tejashwi Yadav'
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Chirag Paswan takes a swipe at Mahagathbandhan - 'Incapability of Tejashwi Yadav'
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: Sanjay Raut announces massive protest march against ECI
Raut alleged that electoral irregularities and "match-fixing" occur during elections, emphasising the need for a thorough investigation.
He accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of doing "match fixing" and contesting elections and announced to hold a massive march in Mumbai against the Election Commission of India (ECI) on November 1, which party chief Uddhav Thackeray, MNS president Raj Thackeray and other opposition leaders will join.
"We will have to take to the streets... On November 1, all parties will launch a massive march in Mumbai against the Election Commission... and show Maharashtra's Election Commission... MVA and opposition leaders -- Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray, and all other leaders -- will participate in this march," Sanjay Raut told reporters.
Congress on Wednesday released its first list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections. The Central Election Committee has approved candidates on 53 seats, according to an IE report. READ MORE
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: RJD's Mujahid Alam gets ticket from Kochadhaman, says 'no internal rifts'
On meeting with Lalu Yadav's family, RJD leader Mujahid Alam, says, "... I met Lalu Prasad Yadav, along with Tejashwi Yadav and Rabri Devi, who expressed confidence in me and offered me the ticket to contest from Kochadhaman assembly seat as part of the Mahagathbandhan... He predicts a strong performance for RJD in the Seemanchal area... There are no internal rifts in the party..."
Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: On seat-sharing, Pappu Yadav says Rahul Gandhi strengthening alliance dharma
On the seat sharing in the Mahagathbandhan, Independent MP from Purnea Pappu Yadav says, "...Rahul Gandhi is continuously strengthening the alliance dharma. Congress has not yet declared its candidate for any seat, but those for whom we are working are insulting Congress. Our state president is a Dalit, but you are not respecting him... On what hope do you want Congress to always remain dedicated to you? Congress will always keep strengthening the alliance dharma, but you should respect Rahul Gandhi, the extremely backward castes, and the Dalit class... If someone dreams of becoming the Chief Minister without Congress, it is not acceptable to me."