Union minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or LJP(RV) has emerged as the fourth largest party in Bihar’s 2025 assembly election results — third within the NDA after the BJP and JD(U) — as trends were solidifying by 2.30 pm on November 14. This ignited the question whether Chirag would want the deputy CM’s post, while Nitish Kumar of the JD(U) looked set to assume the top post a ninth time. Union minister Chirag Paswan with CM Nitish Kumar during Chhath Puja celebrations in Patna.(PTI File Photo) Live updates | Bihar election results 2025 Chirag was asked about claiming the deputy CM post, earlier in the week, and he said he said his party would make the claim if the NDA secured a decisive mandate. Not only was the NDA headed towards a historic mandate — with nearly 200 leads or wins in a House of 243 — but the LJP(RV) was winning more than 20 of the 29 seats he was allotted as part of the alliance. “I have always believed that …