Bihar Polls 2025: Nitish Kumar has been the Chief Minister of Bihar since 2005, and in the last 20 years, he has managed to win the title of U-Turn Man of the Janata Dal United. Notably, in his 20-year tenure as the Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar has switched allegiance twice - between 2014 and 2017 and 2022 and 2024. Kumar, now claims that he won’t go anywhere (leave the NDA), but his flip-flops and 20 years of rule have created a dilemma for the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). The RJD, which came into power with the help of Nitish Kumar twice, is now banking on anti-incumbency to gain power. While anti-incumbency is definitely a factor at play in the Bihar polls for the JDU, it appears to be a bigger concern for the BJP.

Bihar BJP has 74 MLAs, the second largest in the state after RJD’s 75, and

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