North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: Voting is taking place today for the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 and a huge crowd of people is being seen at the polling stations since morning. In this phase, the reputation of many big and veteran leaders is at stake. All eyes are on big faces like Grand Alliance’s Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav and NDA’s Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary.
Which big faces are you eyeing?
One of the candidates who is attracting the most attention in this election is Tejashwi Yadav, who is contesting from Raghopur assembly seat. This seat is considered the traditional seat of his family. At the same time, senior BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary is trying his luck from Tarapur. Lakhisarai seat is also very important, from where Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha is contesting the elections. Apart from these big leaders, folk singer Maithili Thakur is also in the electoral fray this time, to whom BJP has given ticket from Alinagar. With his arrival this match has become quite interesting.
Strict security arrangements
The Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements to ensure fair and peaceful voting. A large number of security forces have been deployed at all the polling stations and special attention is being kept on sensitive areas. Today voters are exercising their right on 121 seats in 18 districts, where the fate of 1314 candidates will be decided in EVMs.
Seeing the enthusiasm of the people, it seems that this time the people of Bihar are voting on issues like development, employment and better future. However, the real decision will come out only on the day of counting on November 14, when it will be known who will be crowned the power of Bihar.
