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Bihar Elections 2025: Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, predicted a certain defeat for the ruling NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in Bihar on Wednesday. He said the inability of the BJP-led coalition to finalise seats and candidates showed that it is going to lose the polls.

His prediction comes days after he said the JD(U) would struggle to win even "25 seats" in the 243-strong assembly. On the question of whether he will contest in Bihar election, the Jan Suraaj leader said he would not contest, but continue to do the work he has been doing in the party.

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Claiming that the picture has only grown bleaker for the party headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said, the NDA is definitely on its way out and Nitish Kumar will not return as chief minister.

Kishor, who has worked closely with the JD(U) supremo, both as a poll analyst and later, for a brief period, as a party colleague, said one does not need to be a psephologist to fathom what is in store for the JD(U). 

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"In the last assembly election, LJP (Paswan) chief Chirag Paswan staged a revolt just a few days ahead of the announcement of elections and fielded candidates, many of whom were inconsequential, against nominees of Kumar's party, causing its tally to crash to 43", recalled Kishor.

Complete Chaos In NDA: Kishor

The Jan Suraaj founder also claimed that there was "complete chaos" in NDA, and it was still unclear which seats the BJP would contest and where the JD(U) wants to field its candidates.

"The situation is no better in the INDIA bloc either. There is a never-ending tiff between RJD and the Congress. And nobody knows if former state minister Mukesh Sahani's Vikassheel Insaan Party is still by their side", claimed Kishor.

The Bihar assembly elections are scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, while votes will be counted on November 14, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced a few days ago.

(With PTI Inputs)

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