Bihar Assembly election LIVE: INDIA bloc hardens stance on Waqf, vows to scrap it after coming to power

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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation on October 26 released its Sankalp Patra

Updated - October 27, 2025 08:16 am IST

Left to right, leaders of the INDIA alliance, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and INDIA bloc’s Chief Ministerial face for Bihar Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday (October 26, 2025) said that the Waqf (Amendment) Act would be “thrown in the dustbin” if his party comes to power in the State.

He also said allowances of the representatives of Bihar’s panchayati raj system will be doubled if the INDIA bloc comes to power in the state.

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation on Sunday (October 26, 2025) released its Sankalp Patra for the polls, promising justice for the landless, redistribution of around 21 lakh acres of land, loan waiver for farmers and rural labourers, and 65% reservation for disadvantaged communities, among others.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) expelled 16 leaders, including a sitting MLA and two former Ministers, most of whom have entered the fray against official NDA candidates.

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-ANI
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