T he ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar faced a major jolt on Saturday (October 18, 2025) after the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) candidate Seema Singh’s nomination papers were rejected during the scrutiny process in the Marhaura Assembly seat ahead of next month’s election.

Confusion prevailing in the INDIA bloc showed little signs of let up on Saturday, with just two days to go before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase of assembly elections comes to a close.

The multi-party coalition, which had of late been blaming its inability to declare a seat-sharing arrangement on the need to “accommodate new allies”, was given up on by the JMM, which announced it will go it alone and contest six seats in Bihar. Follow LIVE updates here

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