Soon after the dates for the Bihar Assembly elections were announced, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar exuded confidence of being voted back to power. "This election is about the work done by my government. I will ask for votes on the basis of my work. People will now decide on whom to vote. We will put our views in front of them," the Janata Dal United leader said.
Nitish's ally, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad added that they will be able to defeat the communal forces. "This is not just Bihar polls, this is poll with national ramifications," he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also claimed that Bihar is yearning for change and growth. "Bihar will get their great reward before Diwali. Like Indira Gandhi said that India is Indira and Indira is India, Nitish Kumar wants people to believe that Nitish is Bihar and Bihar is Nitish," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the dates for the much-awaited Assembly elections for 243 seats in Bihar. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced that the polling would be conducted in five phases in state, polling for which would begin on October 12. The second, third, fourth and fifth phases of polling will be held on October 16, October 28, November 1 and November 5.
The counting of votes will take place on November 8.
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