A briefing meeting of central observers which includes general, police and expenditure, appointed by EC for Bihar elections is scheduled to be held in New Delhi.
Taking a dig at Gandhi over his 'vote theft' allegations, BJP questioned the lack of an official complaint by the Congress leader and his party against the SIR in Bihar.
Of the 22 Assembly seats in the Shahabad region of the state, the NDA managed to win only 2 seats in 2020. Both Pawan Singh and Chirag Paswan draw their popularity from the same belt.
The number of voters in the draft roll was 7.24 crore, following deletion of about 65 lakh names declared as "absent", "shifted" or "dead".
According to the reports, Singh is set to join the Rashtriya Lok Morcha. He met party chief Upendra Kushwaha at his Delhi residence.
With the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan locked in a close contest, welfare schemes, not rhetoric, could tilt the outcome in a large number of seats, the survey shows.
Defying expectations, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) is projected to script a major comeback in the coming Bihar elections with the NDA looking set to retain power in the state, new opinion poll projections reveal.
Prashant Kishor also accused Nitish Kumar of compromising with crime and corruption and pointed to "murder charges" against BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Dilip Jaiswal.
The CM unveiled projects worth Rs 1,585.59 crore at an event held at Sabeya Airport Field in Gopalganj
Addressing a BJP workers' conclave in Araria district of Bihar, Shah vowed to drive out each and every infiltrator once the NDA retained power in the state, getting a two thirds majority in the upcoming assembly polls.
Without taking Prasad's name, Kumar made the remark during the launch of Bihar's Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Tej Pratap wrote: "We are fully dedicated and ready for the overall development of Bihar. Our aim is to bring about a complete transformation and build a new system. We are prepared to fight a long battle for Bihar's progress."
BJP has announced election in-charges and co-incharges for the Bihar Assembly elections
Jagtap questioned the timing of the honour given to the Bollywood superstar, suggesting that the BJP-led government is trying to "create a perception".
This came after Gandhi promised, among other things, increase in quotas for the Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in local bodies and panchayats, 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and EBCs in government contracts and a law for protection against atrocities on the lines of the SC/ST Act, if the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the state.
The Mahagathbandhan's new 10-point overture to Bihar’s EBCs signals the Opposition's bid to wrest the 36 per cent vote bloc that has long kept Nitish Kumar in power.
The CWC resolution further said that India is facing “economic devastation wrought by the government", claiming that the Centre is trying to manipulate data to create the image of a booming economy.
The distribution represents a slight adjustment from the 2020 assembly polls, during which JD(U) fielded candidates in 115 seats and BJP in 110
In his opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna, Kharge launched a frontal attack on the BJP over a host of issues such as alleged "vote chori, economic slowdown, unemployment, social polarisation and targeting and weakening of autonomous constitutional institutions"
The final electoral outcome in Bihar is likely to be determined by traditional factors such as caste, welfare schemes and leadership, signaling a status quo since the 2020 elections.
Purnea took a major step forward in air connectivity as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Interim Terminal Building at the New Civil Enclave of Purnea Airport.
This is the first time in the post-Independence era that the Congress is holding a meeting of its top-decision making body in Patna, according to party leaders
The announcement of the seat-sharing may have been deliberately pushed to the last minute in an attempt bid to minimise instances of leaders switching allegiances ahead of nomination.
Preliminary negotiations among allies are already underway, but BJP insiders told NDTV that the final call will be taken only after the dates are notified.
During the Yatra, Owaisi will be holding road shows and corner meetings in various Assembly constituencies of Seemanchal region, a release from AIMIM said on Tuesday