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What the Evidence Says
1. BJP Panel Support
• A BJP core committee has unanimously accepted that the 2025 Bihar assembly elections will be fought under Nitish Kumar.
• State BJP president Dilip Jaiswal said, “Nitish Kumar is our face … there is going to be no change.”
2. Union-Level Backing
• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (from BJP) explicitly said there is “no confusion” — Nitish is the NDA’s chief ministerial face.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also endorsed Nitish as the NDA CM face.
3. From NDA Allies
• Bihar Deputy CM (and BJP leader) Samrat Choudhary confirmed that Nitish “will remain” the NDA’s CM candidate after the polls.
4. Other Confirmations
• A Union minister (Jayant Chaudhary) said that those aligned with PM Modi “cannot part ways” with Nitish Kumar’s leadership in Bihar.
• JD(U) itself has projected a poster saying “25 se 30, phir se Nitish” (Nitish again from 2025-2030), signaling his intention to continue.
But There Is Some Ambiguity
• According to India Today, BJP has been somewhat evasive about formally declaring Nitish as their CM face. 
• Some opposition leaders (e.g., Tejashwi Yadav) claim that even if NDA wins, Nitish might not be made CM again, meaning there are competing narratives. 
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Bottom Line
• Yes, BJP/NDA is strongly backing Nitish Kumar as their chief ministerial face for Bihar in 2025.
• But it’s not a 100% locked-in formal declaration in every corner; some strategic ambiguity still exists.
• Several credible voices (PM, union ministers, NDA allies) lean very strongly in his favor.
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If you like, I can check latest (real-time) news sources to see if there’s been a final, official confirmation — do you want me to do that?
