Bihar will decide on Rabri hopes today

Adding to the political drama on poll eve, a police complaint was filed against Rabri’s husband, Union Railway Minister and RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav, for allegedly threatening officers at an election rally on Saturday. Laloo was reported to have said that he will teach a lesson to officers who were ‘‘acting smart’’. He made the remark while referring to the public beating of a RJD candidate in Jamui by police.

A case of violation of model code of conduct was lodged against senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav for campaigning in Raghopur yesterday beyond the deadline.

Maintaining its tough stand, the state administration—on the directive of the EC—has debarred many influential politicians from entering or remaining in their areas on polling day. The list includes politicians with criminal antecedents like LJP MP Surajbhan, JD(U) candidate from Mokama Anant Singh and Union Rural Development Minister of the RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.

RJD-UPA alliance steps up attack on EC’s Bihar pointman

New Delhi: The EC’s Bihar advisor K J Rao came under fire from the RJD-UPA combine today, with leaders accusing him of acting as an ‘‘extra-constitutional authority’’. The alliance’s leaders today lodged their protest with the Election Commission over the manner in which cases were registered against Union Minister and RJD leader Jaiprakash Narain Yadav. A non-bailable warrant was issued against Yadav for allegedly securing the release of his brother who was caught carrying weapons and liquor bottles.