'Politics of hatred': RJD slams Bihar BJP chief's burqa remark, says clear attempt to push 'communal agenda'
The burqa issue has previously surfaced in elections, including the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, where a BJP candidate was briefly involved in a controversy over checking the identity of veiled voters at a polling booth, underscoring its potential to become a flashpoint.
Congress alleges voter deletions exceed victory margins in some seats of Bihar in 2020 assembly polls
Citing media report, Ramesh pointed to glaring inconsistencies in the voters’ list, such as “247 voters in a single household in Jamui” and the same individual’s name appearing “three times on the same booth.”
Hold assembly polls soon after Chhat in minimal phases: Bihar parties to Election Commission
Chhat, an important festival in Bihar that is celebrated six days after Diwali, will fall on October 25-28 this year.
EC should confirm identity of 'parda nasheen' women turning up at booths: Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal
"The 'parda nasheen' women should get their faces matched with the voter ID photo through women so that only genuine voters can get their right to vote", said Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar-led delegation to review poll preparedness in Bihar
Observers were instructed to remain fully accessible to political parties, candidates, and voters for the redressal of their grievances.
Bihar Assembly Election: Chief Election Commissioner to visit Patna from Saturday to review poll preparedness
The term of the 243-member Bihar assembly ends on November 22 and polls in the state are likely to be held in multiple phases beginning at the end of this month and in November.
Gujarat model in Bihar? BJP weighs options to counter anti-incumbency ahead of polls
With the announcement of Bihar election dates likely any day now, the BJP faces a tough choice on whether to play it safe, or risk a dramatic overhaul to stay ahead.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar to visit Bihar tomorrow; poll dates likely to be announced
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.
BJP slams Rahul Gandhi after EC releases Bihar's final voter list: 'Spit and run politics'
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.
Behind BJP's Pawan Singh gambit in Bihar: Reclaiming Shahabad bastion, reining in Chirag Paswan
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.
Bihar Assembly Polls: Final electoral roll out, 1.63 lakh voters added in Patna
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".
Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh may enter Bihar poll fray, NDA likely to send him to Rajya Sabha
According to the reports, Singh is set to join the Rashtriya Lok Morcha. He met party chief Upendra Kushwaha at his Delhi residence.
Bihar election survey: Advantage NDA, but unemployment and migration dominate voter mood
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.
Bihar Election 2025: Will Nitish Kumar be 'king' again? Opinion poll predicts big boost for JD(U), NDA holds edge over Mahagathbandhan
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's prediction for Jan Suraaj, NDA and Mahagathbandhan in Bihar: 'No middle ground in this election'
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.
Nitish Kumar launches projects worth Rs 2,330 crore in Gopalganj, Vaishali ahead of Bihar polls
The CM unveiled projects worth Rs 1,585.59 crore at an event held at Sabeya Airport Field in Gopalganj
Rahul Gandhi, Lalu Yadav want to secure voting rights for infiltrators: Amit Shah to BJP workers in Bihar
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.
'Everyone knows when Lalu was removed ...': Nitish Kumar's veiled dig at RJD supremo
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.
Tej Pratap Yadav announces party symbol a month after launching Janshakti Janata Dal
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."
Bihar polls: BJP announces Dharmendra Pradhan as its election in-charge; CR Patil, Keshav Prasad appointed as co-incharges
BJP has announced election in-charges and co-incharges for the Bihar Assembly elections
National Award to SRK due to Bihar elections? Congress leader questions timing, Shiv Sena hits back
Jagtap questioned the timing of the honour given to the Bollywood superstar, suggesting that the BJP-led government is trying to "create a perception".
Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Gandhi's quota hike promise for backwards a ploy to benefit Muslims, says BJP
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 36%' factor: Decoding the math behind Rahul-Tejashwi’s big bet on EBCs in Bihar
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.
PM Modi's 'huglomacy' backfired; Bihar roll revision BJP's 'dirty trick': Congress resolution
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.
