Posters proclaiming Chirag Paswan as Bihar’s “future leader” and the NDA’s new seat-sharing formula have unsettled Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, marking a symbolic decline in his party’s dominance.
Analysts say Paswan’s influence within the NDA has grown with BJP’s tacit backing, as many of his candidates are effectively BJP proxies — a strategy seen as paving the way for a post-Nitish power shift.
Internal discontent simmers within JD(U), with leaders accusing the BJP of deliberately empowering Paswan to weaken Nitish and prepare the ground for a BJP Chief Minister in Bihar.