new delhiOctober 24, 2025 04:49 PM (IST)
Date first revealed: October 24, 2025 4:49 PM IST
In current state and nationwide elections, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering and the Congress have usually clashed over points such because the structure, reservations and marginalization of dispossessed sections. Nonetheless, in Bihar, the place caste performs a serious position in voting habits, each events are more likely to go away a majority of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) to their regional allies, in line with ongoing meeting polls and an evaluation of candidates within the 2020 meeting election outcomes.
Within the upcoming two-phase elections, the BJP is contesting solely 11 of the 38 seats reserved for the SC within the state. Amongst NDA constituents, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) is contesting probably the most SC reserve seats with 15 seats, whereas Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Social gathering (Ram Vilas), whose core vote base is Dalits, has received eight seats. The Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), led by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manji, is contesting within the remaining 4 constituencies reserved by the SC.
