Bihar Vidhansabha Chunav 2025: Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Tejashwi Yadav has expanded his scope of operations, joining forces with Rahul Gandhi. Both are now focusing on the EBC vote bank, along with MY and Dalit voters.
Patna: While the NDA government in the poll-bound state of Bihar is making announcements targeting women and other sections of society, the opposition party India Block is focusing its efforts on the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) to achieve a majority in the upcoming elections.
Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav eye EBC voters
EBCs constitute approximately 36% of Bihar’s electorate, and Scheduled Castes 20%—together, they constitute more than half the electorate. On September 24, the India Block released the Extremely Backward Classes Resolution Resolution, a special manifesto for EBCs, promising to expand reservations to all classes.
Rahul Gandhi made a bet during the Adhikar Yatra
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also targeted this class during his recent visit to Bihar, vowing to exceed the 50% reservation limit set by the Supreme Court. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav expanded his outreach by addressing two dialogue meetings with Scheduled Caste and Extremely Backward Class (EBC) communities.
Tejashwi also made his political move
On Friday, he met with social activists from both groups and highlighted the opposition’s specific agenda. Addressing the Karpoori Extremely Backward Class Dialogue in Patna on Saturday, he alleged that the Extremely Backward Class had been victims of misgovernance and neglect for two decades under Nitish Kumar’s BJP-supported government. Tejashwi Yadav said, “The Extremely Backward Class will no longer be a vote bank, but a power bank. The Extremely Backward Class will no longer just form the government—they will form their own government.”
Edited by: Rishikesh Narayan Singh•Reported by: Kumar Anshuman
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