Patna, Oct 23 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar State Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav speaks during press conference with RJD Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav also present, in Patna on Thursday. (ANI Photo)
INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate for Bihar polls, Tejashwi Yadav, on Friday (October 24, 2025) said he will ensure a corruption-free government in the State if the Opposition alliance comes to power.
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The RJD leader also promised that he would present a government that would listen to the people’s grievances and ensure affordable medicines and jobs for them.
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“If the INDIA bloc comes to power in Bihar, as a CM, I will ensure there will be no crime. I will present a government that will be corruption-free,” he said while talking to reporters in Patna.
The Opposition INDIA bloc on Thursday (October 23) declared RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar Assembly polls, in what is being seen as a last-ditch effort to put an end to squabbles after weeks of intense deliberations and project unity ahead of the elections.
Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who has been in Patna since Wednesday to resolve differences with the Opposition bloc, also said that Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni and leaders from other sections of society will be deputy CMs if the INDIA bloc comes to power in the state, “keeping in mind the complex social structure of Bihar”.
Published – October 24, 2025 10:37 am IST
