CPI(ML) Liberation will not allow setting up of industries in Bihar, alleges Amit Shah at Arwal rally.
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Today is the last day of campaigning for the final phase of assembly polls on November 11. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address public rallies in Bihar’s Sasaram, Arwal. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to address public rallies in Kishanganj, Purnea and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to address public rallies in Goh, Mohania. The first phase of polls was held on November 6. The results will be declared on November 14.
At an election rally in Bihar, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and SS Sandhu of stealing votes. “They are shameless and aren’t fulfilling their constitutional duties. They have deleted 65 lakh voters’ names in Bihar,” Gandhi asked the people gathered at the rally. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that voters in Bihar were avoiding the RJD-led opposition because they feared that if the INDIA bloc came to power, its government would rule through intimidation, “putting a katta (country-made gun) to their heads.”
Rahul claims ‘vote chori’ in Bihar polls: Claiming that there were reports from Bihar strengthening the evidence of “vote chori”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the main culprits in this “murder of democracy” are the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners who are committing the “biggest treachery against the Constitution”.
CPI(ML) Liberation will not allow setting up of industries in Bihar, alleges Amit Shah at Arwal rally.
RJD candidate Shamshad Alam has been booked for violating the Model Code of Conduct. District Magistrate Shri Naveen says, âHe took out a procession rally without permission, during which abusive slogans were raised.â
Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav said, âMy security has been increased because there is a threat to my life. People will get me killed. There are many enemies... Itâs Tejashwiâs birthday and I give him my best wishes. Hope he has a bright future. He has my blessings.â
Today is the last day of campaining before the second phase of polling on November 11.
Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary says, âToday is the last day of campaigning, and we are seeking blessings from the people. We urge them to re-elect the NDA government to continue and accelerate Biharâs ongoing development. Those who looted the country for 55 years and indulged in scams like fodder and bitumen theft are now talking about change."
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor offers prayers at Someshwar Nath Mandir in Areraj, East Champaran, on the final day of campaigning ahead of the second phase of voting scheduled for November 11, 2025.
Political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Friday attributed the record voter turnout in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections – the highest since Independence – to two key factors: a growing public yearning for political change and the unexpected participation of migrant workers who returned to the state during the festive season.
Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party is making its first foray into Bihar during these elections.
“In the elections held since Independence, this is the highest voting percentage Bihar has ever seen,” Kishor said, reacting to the polling data.
Tavleen Singh writes, "When Rahul Gandhi exploded his ‘H bomb’ last week, I happened to be aimlessly switching channels in search of news from Bihar. And, when he popped up on my TV screen striding up and down, one hand in pocket and the other clutching a microphone, on a stage whose backdrop was a screen with many voter ID cards, all with the same photo of a beautiful woman, I stopped switching channels. I listened carefully as he demanded to know from his audience of journalists if they knew who this woman was. With the panache of a skilled quizmaster, he demanded to know if anyone knew where she was from, how old she was and if she looked like a Haryanvi woman. When nobody spoke, he revealed dramatically that she was a Brazilian model who appeared to have voted in Haryana many times during last year’s election..."
Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar requesting enhanced security measures at EVM strongrooms in Bihar.
Referring to reports of power disruptions in strongrooms, Jha's letter said, "I write to bring to your immediate attention reports of electricity disruptions at strongrooms where Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are currently being stored in Bihar. These reports have raised serious concerns about the security protocols being followed at these critical facilities." — PTI
The “jungle raj wallahs” have got a “65-volt shock” after the Bihar election’s first phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, referring to the record voter turnout, as he wound down his campaign events before the second polling phase on November 11.
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The BJP slammed the Congress on Saturday over its leader Pawan Khera's "katta" remarks and said the words reflect the opposition party's "frustration" as the NDA is set to return to power in Bihar with a decisive mandate.
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also said that Khera's remarks have made it clear that the Congress does not have anything to say on the issue of development to target the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) governments in Bihar and at the Centre.
Talking to reporters in Bihar, Khera suggested that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should put a "katta" (country-made pistol) at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "kanpatti" (temple) to get himself declared as the NDA's chief ministerial candidate in the ongoing state Assembly polls. — PTI
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday claimed that her party was now fighting the same battle against the "Modi empire" that Mahatma Gandhi once fought against the British imperialists.
Addressing back-to-back rallies in Bihar's Katihar, Bhagalpur, and Purnea districts, Vadra claimed PM Narendra Modi was not maintaining the dignity of his post by using words such as 'katta' (country-made pistol) and 'donali' (double-barrel gun) during the election campaign in the state.— PTI
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday rubbished Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's predictions of the NDA's victory in the Bihar assembly polls, pointing out that their “400 plus” claim in the Lok Sabha elections was way off the mark.
He spoke to PTI Video in Gaya, where he insisted that "all was not well" in the BJP-led coalition, as there were doubts that Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) president and longest-serving chief minister, would be backed for another term in office. — PTI
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday claimed that migrant workers and the youth are the real "X factor" of the ongoing assembly elections in Bihar, and not the women.
Speaking to reporters in Supaul, the former poll strategist claimed the youth and migrant workers are determined to vote for change.
"Migrant workers are coming back home in large numbers to vote along with their families. Migrant workers used to vote for the NDA in the past because they had no alternative," he said, claiming that this time, they were voting for his party. — PTI
The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday ordered a probe after a large number of VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) slips were found dumped near SR College in Shitalpatti village of Samastipur district, Bihar. The slips were identified as those used during the mock poll conducted before the first phase of voting on Thursday.
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TDP general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh will campaign for NDA candidates in Bihar on November 9.
The 243-seat Bihar Assembly completed the first phase of its election on November 6, while the second phase is scheduled on November 11.
According to a schedule shared by the TDP, Lokesh will canvas for the NDA coalition in Patna. — PTI
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the Election Commissioner and accused CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu of stealing votes. Watch video here:
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigning in Bihar's Sitamarhi on Saturday, the Congress targeted his government saying it was an insult to Bihar's faith, cultural pride and Mithila's identity to say that there is no historical evidence of Goddess Sita's birth in Sitamarhi.
Posing several questions to the PM just before he reached Bihar, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked whether Modi would publicly apologise before stepping onto the sacred soil of Sitamarhi.
He also accused the prime minister of "step-motherly" treatment and discrimination towards Bihar by not setting up a textile park there and cancelling the Motihari-Shivhar-Sitarmarhi rail link. — PTI
A roadmap is ready to establish Bihar as an industrial centre through petroleum refinery and other projects, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally.
Waters from Nepal's rivers, which wreak floods and destruction in Bihar, will be used to irrigate farmers' fields, Shah added.
Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Purnea, Katihar and Supaul, Shah alleged that Gandhi and RJD's Tejashwi Yadav were "hell-bent" on making Bihar's Seemanchal region a "den" of infiltrators, and asserted that the Centre will detect and identify every illegal immigrant, delete their names from electoral rolls and deport them.
"Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav are hell-bent on turning the Seemanchal region of Bihar into a den of infiltrators... We will detect and identify every illegal immigrant, delete their names from electoral rolls and deport them to their country," he added.
"If you don't want infiltrators to decide the next CM of Bihar, defeat the RJD-Congress combine that took out a yatra to save them," Shah said, while hitting out at Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'. — PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, stating that his 'dukaan' (shop) will be shut in Bihar as the INDIA bloc will be wiped out in the assembly polls and the NDA would form the government after securing over 160 seats. — PTI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegation of 'vote chori' as "baseless", and said he should approach the Election Commission if he has a complaint with evidence.
Addressing two election rallies in Rohtas district, Singh said Congress was facing a dearth of issues, and that's why Gandhi was levelling such allegations. — PTI
Addressing a public rally in Bhagalpur, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "PM Modi thinks he can get your vote by making false promises and offering you Rs 10,000. It has been their government in Bihar for the last 20 years and they have done nothing for women. They couldn't even provide security. Crimes against women have tripled. They are trying to bribe you with Rs 10,000. Take the money, but don't give them your vote." — ANI
Addressing a rally in Bihar's Katihar, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi alleged that PM Modi hands over all public sector undertakings to his two corporate friends.
She said that the Congress party is fighting the same battle that Mahatma Gandhi once did.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asserted that voters in Bihar were avoiding the RJD-led opposition because they feared that if the INDIA bloc came to power, its government would rule through intimidation, “putting a katta (country-made gun) to their heads.”
Addressing a rally in district ahead of the state elections, the Prime Minister contrasted this with the NDA’s focus on encouraging start-ups, improving education, and promoting growth in areas such as sports.
-With PTI inputs
Addressing a rally in Bihar's Sitamarhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised high voter turnout in first phase of Bihar polls, calling it is a 65-volt 'jhatka' to 'jungle raj.
He launched an attack on RJD saying that they want to give 'katta' to people, while the BJP is providing students with computers, footballs, hockey sticks
"We are providing students with computers, footballs, hockey sticks, but RJD talks about giving 'katta' to people," he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Bihar's Sitamarhi.
Thanking the people of Bihar, PM Modi said that high voter turnout in first phase of polls is 65-volt 'jhatka' to 'jungle raj
The final turnout in the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls is 65.08 per cent, the highest in the state's history, the Election Commission said.
A total of 3.75 crore people were eligible to cast their votes at 45,341 polling stations, including 36,733 in rural areas, on November 6 to decide the electoral fate of 1,314 candidates, of whom 1,192 are men and 122 women.
As per the latest update provided by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Bihar, the "historic" turnout of 65.08 per cent is 7.79 per cent more than the consolidated polling percentage of the previous assembly polls held in 2020, when 57.29 per cent of the electors had cast their votes.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold public meetings in Sitamarhi and Bettiah in Bihar on Saturday to "seek blessings" for immense support in the first phase of Bihar elections.
Announcing it in a post on X, PM Modi said, "My family members, who have taken the resolve of âDeveloped Biharâ, are going to ensure a massive majority for the NDA even in the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections. Amidst this immense support, tomorrow morning around 11 a.m., I will seek the blessings of the people-public in the public meetings in Sitamarhi, and in the afternoon around 1 p.m. in Bettiah."
Cases were registered against 4 people in Bihar for allegedly clicking photos of EVMs during voting and sharing them on social media. These cases were filed in Ara, Gopalganj and Saran, where polling happened in the first phase of the assembly elections on Thursday, they said, PTI reported.
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