New Delhi, November 14 – Early results in Bihar’s 243‑seat Assembly election show that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is pulling ahead, while the Congress‑led Mahagathbandhan is struggling to keep up.
Senior Congress leader and former Governor Nikhil Kumar blamed the party’s poor showing on weak organisation, bad planning and wrong candidate picks. Speaking to , he said a party can only win if its base is strong and its members work together. “When the organisation is weak, the overall outcome suffers,” he warned.
Kumar added that the Congress team failed to build a solid ground presence. “Our candidates are capable, but we should have chosen even better ones,” he said. He also pointed out that some “good candidates” were overlooked in favour of “incompetent” ones, hurting the party’s chances in key seats.
The critique comes as vote counting starts across Bihar. The Election Commission of India opened 46 counting centres at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, followed by electronic votes at 8:30 a.m. By midday, the NDA had already surpassed the 122‑seat majority threshold, leading in more than 150 seats. The BJP and JD(U) performed especially well, while the Congress secured victories in only a handful of constituencies.
Kumar’s blunt assessment highlights growing concerns inside Congress over sluggish organisational work, weak booth‑level mobilisation and a failure to read voters’ mood. His comments are likely to spark a rethink of the party’s internal structure, leadership roles and grassroots outreach as the final results arrive later on Friday.
The Bihar Assembly election, a key indicator of national political trends, is now poised to decide whether the NDA’s momentum will continue or the Congress can recover its footing.
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