Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has been officially announced as the chief ministerial face of the opposition Mahagathbandhan (India Bloc). Meanwhile, Vikassheel has Insaan Party. (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani has been declared as the deputy chief minister face of the alliance ahead of the Bihar elections 2025. But is Tejashwi Yadav a preferred choice among Bihar voters? Can he give a tough fight to Nitish Kumar of JD(U), who has been ruling Bihar since 2015? Various opinion polls and surveys show a clear preference for Tejashwi Yadav, who is also the former deputy chief minister of Bihar. Here’s what they suggest: C-Voter In the C-Voter poll released last month, Tejashwi Yadav emerged as the best choice for the chief minister’s post in Bihar. As many as 35.5 percent of those polled in the survey chose Tejashwi as their “preferred CM candidate”. In second place was Prashant Kishor, the founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, with 23 percent of the votes in his favor. Nitish Kumar, who has been the Chief Minister of Bihar for the past 10 years, saw that only 16 percent of the respondents wanted him to retain the CM post. JVC poll In September, Nitish Kumar took the lead with 27 percent of the participants choosing the ima s the “most popular CM face”. As many as 25 percent of respondents chose Tejashwi Yadav and 15 percent. However, Tejashwi Yadav topped the JVC poll in August. As many as 30 percent of those polled chose the RJD leader. Meanwhile, Nitish Kumar was the second preferred candidate with 23 percent choosing him, while Prashant Kishor bagged the third spot with 14 percent people choosing him in the survey. Vote Vibe Survey In this survey Tejashwi Yadav was also the most preferred candidate for the Chief Minister of Bihar. In the poll released in October, 35 percent chose Tejashwi Yadav, 23.4 percent chose Nitish Kumar, and 13.8 percent chose Prashant Kishor. Credit: Vote Vibe survey Prashant Kishor not to contest Bihar elections. It’s the direct fight between Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav Prashant Kishor announced last week that he will not contest the Bihar elections 2025. He had earlier said his part Jan Suraaj will contest all 243 Bihar Assembly seats. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Prashant Kishor said, “The party has decided that I should not contest the assembly polls. And so the party has announced another candidate from Raghopur, against Tejashwi Yadav.” “It was a decision we took in the larger interest of the party. If I were to contest, it would have distracted me from the necessary organizational work,” Kishor said. Bihar Election 2025: Nitish Kumar vs Tejashwi Yadav The Bihar elections will be held in two phases in November. Voting will take place on November 6 and November 11. The Bihar election results will be announced on November 14. The NDA and the Mahagathbandhan are the key alliances fighting the polls, while Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj is a new entrant. The Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan includes the Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) led by Deepankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani’s Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) in. Meanwhile, the NDA consists of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
Bihar Election 2025: Tejashwi Yadav vs Nitish Kumar – Who is the first choice for CM post? Polls reveal
