NDA Confident of Winning All Bihar Rajya Sabha Seats

Leaders of Bihar's ruling National Democratic Alliance expressed strong confidence on Saturday that their candidates would secure all five seats in the state's Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16. The polls, part of biennial elections to fill 37 vacancies across 10 states, come amid speculation over a leadership transition in the state government, as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seeks election to the upper house of Parliament.

Janata Dal United national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha told reporters in Patna that all five NDA candidates, including Kumar, would "win by huge margins." He dismissed opposition claims about the outcome and emphasized the alliance's preparations. "We don't know what opposition leaders are claiming about the outcome of Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar. Let me make it very clear that all NDA candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls will win by huge margins," Jha said after meeting Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.

The NDA, which holds 202 seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, requires support from at least 41 lawmakers to win each Rajya Sabha seat. While the alliance's majority positions it to claim most seats, it falls three short of the 205...