Bihar assembly polls News

The EC rejected these allegations as "misleading," clarifying that the SIR has not yet been implemented in Tamil Nadu and accused the leader of spreading “false figures” regarding the addition of 6.5 lakh voters there.

Tejashwi Yadav slams BJP, mocks nepotism by demanding "Jamai" and "Jija" commissions ahead of Bihar Assembly elections.

Speaking to IANS, Kishor announced that the party's state-wide signature campaign will be launched on May 11, focusing on three pressing welfare issues in Bihar.

The RLJP chief further stated that his party will contest all 243 assembly seats in Bihar independently, marking a bold move aimed at establishing RLJP as a key player in state politics.

The BJP conducted Core Committee meeting at party headquarters on Tuesday It has set a target of winning 35 seats in Bihar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections The meeting took place in the presence of Amit Shah and the party chief JP Nadda

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he has made no claim to form the next government in his first interaction with media On Chirag Paswan's LJP, which has been accused of "cutting votes" against the JD-U, he said, "If some action is to be taken (against LJP), the BJP has to take it Tejashwi Yadav said the RJD would soon undertake a `Dhanyawaad yatra` to thank supporters for showing faith in the grand alliance

Congress has performed worst in the Bihar Assembly elections, though it contested on 70 seats, and managed to win only 19 seats with a strike rate of only 27 percent In 2015, it had won 27 seats by contesting 41 seats, and Rahul Gandhi's strike rate then was 66 percent Nitish Kumar's JD-U contested on 115 seats and it could win only 43 seats, thereby, with a strike rate of only 37 percent

Yogi held 19 rallies in 17 districts, while he was busy with by-elections in seven Assembly seats in his home state The NDA candidates also won in the majority of 19 assembly seats where Yogi Adityanath campaigned for Nitish Kumar Many strongholds of Mahagathbandhan were swept away by the Yogi wave

PM Modi said, "sisters and daughters of Bihar have voted this time in a record number to show how big their role is in the self-dependent Bihar" "We are satisfied that the NDA got an opportunity to give new confidence to the mother power of Bihar in the past years" This confidence will give us the strength to facilitate the progress of Bihar, he added

Earlier on Nov 7, the last day of polling, the majority of exit polls predicted a big win for Tejashwi Yadav-led Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan also comprises the Congress and the Left parties The counting of votes polled in 243 constituencies in the three-phased Bihar assembly election began early morning on Tuesday

A day ahead, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday wished his younger son Tejashwi Yadav on his 31st birthday Lalu said the people of Bihar will give him a gift on Tuesday, when state election results are announced Tejaswi's elder brother and former Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav tweeted, 'Tejaswi bhav Bihar'

Chirag Paswan had voiced strong displeasure over the use of the term 'vote katua' for his party by some BJP leaders Chirag had also asserted his party will win more seats in the Bihar assembly polls than the JD(U) Several top BJP leaders, including Prakash Javadekar and Sushil Kumar Modi, had called LJP a 'vote katua' in the Bihar election fray

The second phase of Bihar assembly election begins today with over 2.85 crore voters to decide the fate of nearly 1,500 candidates in 94 constituencies.

Two ministers Ram Sevak Singh (JDU) and Rana Randhir Singh (BJP) are trying their luck from Hathua and Madhuban respectively Many 'bahubalis' or their wives, sons, brothers or other close relatives are also contesting a number of seats in this phase In the 2015 elections, the RJD had bagged 33 of these seats, the JD-U 30 and the Congress 7, while the NDA had won only 22 seats .

In poll rally at Begusarai, Nadda threw a "mind lock" jibe at Tejashwi Yadav, chiding him over his constant "landlocked Bihar" swipe at CM Nitish Kumar He said the Lalu Prasad-led RJD has a history of conducting "Tail Piyawan, Danda Bhanjan" rally, underlining its reputation of preferring muscle power to education "Those who have done something good in the past will do so in the future," he added

Of the nearly 2.15 crore electors eligible to vote, 1.12 crore were male, 1.01 crore female, and 599 were categorised as the third gender As many as 1,066 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly polls The voting hours in Naxal-affected areas were curtailed where it began at 7 am and ended at 4 pm

"Earlier there was a demand for ring road in Patna. When the ring road was built, then the demand for the metro increased" "Today when the work on Patna Metro is underway, the expectations of similar facilities have increased in other cities," PM Modi said He also talked about unprecedented reforms being done from education to governance, from farmer to labour, from the ease of living to ease of doing business

About 2.14 crore voters from 71 assembly constituencies will decide the political future of 1,066 candidates on Wednesday Voters will exercise their franchise in the first phase for which 31,380 polling booths have been set up In the first phase, the main contest is between the NDA-led by the BJP and the opposition parties