Election to Bihar Assembly: After 15 years in power, 69-year-old Nitish Kumar faces a tough bid for re-election.
New Delhi:
The statement by Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar at a rally that Bihar’s election is his last did not come without the biting comments of his opposition rival Tejashwi Yadav and his former ally turned chief critic Chirag Paswan.
Amid the furious buzz of retirement, sources close to the five-time chief minister clarified that he meant “the last election meeting of this election.”
After 15 years in power, Nitish Kumar, 69, faces a tough re-election bid in which he faces several rivals, including former ally Chirag Paswan. Chirag Paswan has asserted throughout his campaign that he remains with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP and that he will work for a coalition government without Nitish Kumar.
A total of 2.35 million voters will vote on November 7 as Bihar heads to its third and final electoral phase to decide the fate of the remaining 78 seats in 16 districts.
There are 1.23 crore of male voters, 1.12 crore of women and 894 third sex voters in the general category. In total, there are 22,019 service electors.
Here are the live updates on the 2020 Bihar Assembly election:
बिहार में विकास हो, सब लोगों का सम्मान हो। बिहार प्रगति के पथ पर और आगे बढ़े। सब मेलजोल से रहें और बिहार को और आगे बढ़ाएं, यही दुआ है। pic.twitter.com/dDsIZ5qbGz
– Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) November 5, 2020
Congressman P Chidambaram, meanwhile, said Nitish Kumar “effectively conceded defeat” with this statement.
The ‘last election’ ploy is not a call for support based on her performance, but a call for mercy based on her non-performance
Why should the people of Bihar vote for someone who, if elected, will be a lame duck from day one?
– P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) November 5, 2020
While Nitish Kumar’s opposition rival Tejashwi Yadav has remarked that he is always right about the chief minister, his former ally turned chief critic Chirag Paswan called on people not to waste their votes on no candidate from the ruling party, Janata Dal United.
The statement by Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar at a rally that Bihar’s election is his last did not come without the biting comments of his opposition rival Tejashwi Yadav and his former ally turned chief critic Chirag Paswan.
“Today is the last day (of campaigning for the final phase of the election). The next day this election will end and it is my last election. Ant bhala to sab bhala (All’s well that ends well)” Nitish Kumar said while campaigning in Purnea, Bihar for state polls that end on Saturday.
