CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat along with others releases the party manifesto during a press conference for the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna on November 1, 2025 | Photo credit: ANI
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) released its manifesto on Saturday (November 1, 2025), accusing the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar of a “negative campaign” while criticizing opposition leaders for “desperation”.
Bihar Assembly Elections on November 1
“The NDA is running a negative campaign and pointing fingers at opposition leaders, which is perhaps inevitable for them as they have nothing to show through the achievements of the last two decades during which they have been in power in the state,” CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said while releasing the manifesto.
On the NDA’s constant reminder of the lawlessness that prevailed in the state during the previous regime and its possible return if the RJD-led alliance now comes to power, Ms Karat asserted, “Lawlessness is not something opposition INDIA will bring to the state.”
Referring to the recent daylight killing of party supporter Jan Suraaj Dularchand Yadav in Mokam on October 30, the CPI(M) leader said, “The incident itself is proof enough that a mafia paradise and a jungle paradise prevail in Bihar under the NDA regime”.
Ms Karat also expressed astonishment at Assam Chief Minister Hemant Biswa Sharma calling Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi an “agent of Pakistan”. “It is appalling that BJP leaders are saying whatever they want without pausing to think about what they are saying,” she marveled, adding that “to say such things about someone whose family has been in public life for so long is just appalling.”
“Our manifesto is in line with the INDIA opposition bloc’s commitment to ensure job creation in a state from where people are forced to migrate (emergency migration) in search of livelihood to places like Gujarat where they are denied even the minimum daily wages set by the government,” the CPI(M) leader said.
Speaking on the occasion, other CPI(M) leaders said that “Bihar can embark on the path of development following the Kerala government’s inclusive social welfare programs for the people, workers and farmers”.
The CPI(M) is contesting four assembly seats in Bihar this time. It contested four seats in the 2020 assembly polls and won two of them.
Published – 01 Nov 2025 21:09 IST
