I t could have been a generational contest — JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, in the autumn of his long reign, squaring off against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the ambitious young challenger still striving to find his own voice.

Yet over the past week, the 2025 Bihar assembly election has begun to mirror a familiar trend: state polls increasingly transforming into contests over national leadership — a framing that largely benefits the ruling NDA.

The absence of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi from Bihar’s campaign trail since the conclusion of his fortnight-long Voter Adhikar Yatra on 1 September had not gone unnoticed. But it inadvertently allowed Tejashwi to emerge as the principal challenger to Nitish. Show Full Article

Earlier, Rahul’s yatra against the Special Intensive R

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