Written by Aviral Pandey

The 2025 Bihar Assembly election delivered a verdict that unsettled familiar political assumptions and confirmed a pro-incumbency sentiment in one of India’s most politically significant states. The electorate seems to have been less responsive to polarising appeals or entrenched caste loyalties and more attentive to administrative steadiness, welfare delivery, and narrative coherence. At the centre of this shift stood the NDA’s “double-engine” framework, shaped by the coordinated leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Chief Minister Nitish Kumar , and Union Home Minister Amit Shah . The fear of a return to “Jungle Raj” significantly damaged the Mahagathbandhan’s credibility, while its expansive but unconvincing promises weakened voters’ trust. Jan Sur

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