POLITICS

Bihar Elections to be announced today

The Election Commission of India is set to announce the schedule for the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections today, October 6, 2025. These elections will be held for all 243 constituencies in Bihar, marking the first major electoral event after a special intensive revision of electoral rolls that saw the removal of 68.5 lakh duplicate and invalid entries. The Bihar Assembly’s current term ends on November 22, 2025, necessitating the elections before this date.

The election is expected to be fiercely contested, mainly between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the opposition Mahagathbandhan led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Newly introduced measures include 17 voter-friendly initiatives by the Election Commission to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections. These include colored photographs on EVMs, ease in poll-related information access, and allowance for mobile phones near polling stations for voters. Polling phases and dates will be officially unveiled this afternoon.

Trident Group Chairman to go Rajya Sabha

Trident Group Chairman a noted industrialist Rajendra Gupta is going to Rajya Sabha as nominee of the Aam Admi Party for the by-election from Punjab this month end.

Thomas is the third ex-DGP in Kerala joining BJP-Sangh Parivar 

Jacob Thomas, the 1985 batch IPS officer who was Kerala ex-DGP dressed up in traditional RSS attire, attended the ‘pada sanchalan’ held as part of Vijayadashami celebrations in Kochi. Thomas is the third ex-DGP in Kerala to be part of saffron camp. Earlier, former State Police Chief T P Senkumar and former DGP R Sreelekha are the others who jumped into politics and preferred this camp. Whether the BJP and Sangh Parivar could make use of these ex-IPS officers, one has to wait and watch.

Congress eyes Rajya Sabha seat in J&K, Digvijay Singh to discuss with National Conference

The Congress party is expected to stake its claim for one of the four Rajya Sabha seats scheduled for election on October 24 in the J&K. Senior party leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has been asked to hold discussion with National Conference leaders in this connection. The National Conference is its alliance partner. Singh is expected to speak with NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah or Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. In the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, the NC-Congress alliance is poised to comfortably secure three of the four seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a strong position to win the remaining seat. In the current house composition, the ruling alliance holds 53 members, while the BJP has 28.