T he Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) and is learnt to have cleared 25 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections in seats that are traditional Congress strongholds.

Though seat-sharing talks are still on with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress is expected to contest around 55 to 60 seats out of the 243 Assembly seats as part of the Opposition alliance, called the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar.

Meanwhile, National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) released a report, which revealed that the Scheduled Caste community in Bihar continue to face severe social, educational, and economic marginalisation despite forming nearly one-fifth of the State’s population. Follow LIVE updates

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