Preparations for assembly polls will begin under leadership of Nitish Kumar, PM Modi: Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal

Jaiswal, who is a Bihar minister, said he is going to Delhi to discuss future strategy.

"I have started my work and now I am going to Delhi to strategise for the future. Under CM Nitish Kumar and PM Modi's leadership, we will begin preparations for the 2025 state Assembly elections...," he said.

Jaiswal said on Friday that opposition Mahagathbandhan would not be able to stand before the NDA in the Bihar Assembly elections, which are slated to be held in second half of 2025.

"About the Assembly elections, I can tell you that Mahagathbandhan will not be able to stand before the NDA. In the leadership of Nitish Kumar, we will form a majority government in 2025. In Lok Sabha elections, we lost only three-four seats but not due to political factors," he said.

The Bihar BJP chief said that the people of the state know the true colours of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

"People know the face and character of RJD...If they had loved Yadavs, they would have brought more intelligent people than Tejashwi Yadav. In the upcoming elections, the NDA will fight the elections under the leadership of Nitish Kumar," he added.

Jaiswal thanked the party leadership for appointing him as Bihar BJP chief.

"I want to thank party leadership for appointing me as Bihar BJP chief. The leaders, including the late Sushil Modi, Sanjay Jaiswal, Samrat Choudhary and Nityanand Rai have taken the party to the next level," Dilip Jaiswal told ANI.

Dilip Jaiswal was appointed Bihar chief of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. He has replaced Samrat Chaudhary, who is Bihar Deputy Chief Minister.

Jaiswal is Revenue Land Reforms Minister in Bihar and hails from Khagaria district.

The assembly elections in Bihar are likely to be held in October-November 2025. (ANI)