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Bihar without Nitish. Bihar after Nitish.

Swarajya StaffOct 21, 2025, 04:52 PM | Updated 04:52 PM IST

Left to Right: Samrat Chaudhary (BJP), Upendra Kushwaha (RLSP), CM Nitish Kumar (JDU), Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM), Chirag Paswan (LJP(RM)).

Dear reader,

The first phase of Bihar’s elections is just roughly about two weeks away. And for the first time in a very long time, Nitish Kumar won’t(!) be at the centre of it all.

He’s been the main face of Bihar politics for two decades. And now — in his non-captain era, per Abhishek through his stories — as he steps back, parties will try to fill the space he leaves behind.

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