New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya as the party's Central Observer for the election of the leader of the legislative party in Bihar.

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and party leader Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti appointed as Central co-observers.

The NDA registered a historic landslide victory in the 2025 Bihar elections, winning 202 of the 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan could only secure 35 seats.

The alliance secured a three-fourths majority in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, marking the second time the NDA crossed the 200-seat mark in state polls. In 2010, it had won 206 seats.

In the NDA, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 89 seats, Janata...