Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has started a strict review of its MLAs ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. The party will survey every MLA to check their grassroots work and public reach. Leaders will collect reports from each constituency to see who connects well with voters. Poor performers will lose their chance to contest.
The JDU wants to avoid the mistakes of 2020. In that election, the party contested 115 seats but won only 43. Later, BSP’s Jama Khan and LJP’s Rajkumar Singh joined, raising the tally to 45. Compared to 2015, the JDU lost 28 seats and 1.5% of its vote share. Party leaders admit that weak screening and wrong candidate choices cost them heavily. A powerful leader, no longer in the party, pushed several unfit names last time.
This year, Nitish Kumar plans to block such influence. The leadership will check every claim from sitting MLAs and new aspirants. Multiple hopefuls are ready for each seat, and the party will compare their records. Many new faces may get a chance where voters want change.
The JDU aims to reward hard-working leaders and drop those with poor public support. By tightening ticket distribution, the party hopes to regain lost ground and perform better in the coming Bihar polls.
