Ashwini Kumar Choubey Hopes for BJP-Led Government in Bihar with Full Majority

In the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections, former Union Minister and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey expressed his desire for the NDA to form a government with a full majority in the state. Bihar is expected to vote for its 243-member legislative assembly in October 2025.

Choubey emphasized that the BJP should come to power on its own while taking allies along. He stated, “It is my desire and I have also told the party leadership that NDA government should be formed in Bihar under BJP’s leadership. With a full majority, the BJP should come to power on its own and take forward its allies too.”

He also highlighted the party’s alliance with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying, “I think we were taking Nitish Kumar forward together with us, we are doing the same today too and will do the same in future as well…The CM face will be decided after elections take place. Party and central leadership will decide that. But we don’t accept ‘imports’ into the party.”

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with JD(U) MPs in Delhi. PM Modi praised Nitish Kumar’s leadership in Bihar, stating, “Had a great meeting with JD(U) MPs. Our Parties have a long history of working together and fighting poor governance, corruption and criminalisation in Bihar. The leadership of Nitish Kumar Ji has taken Bihar on the path of development. We will keep working together for good governance.”

Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA earlier this year and took oath as Bihar CM with BJP’s support, after leaving the alliance and joining Rashtriya Janata Dal-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in August 2022. Kumar’s JD(U) contested the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in alliance with the BJP.