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Bihar elections: Modi to be back on Nov 3; live rallies in 200 grounds

PM Modi's rallies will be digitally transmitted to 200 grounds in Bihar where more crowds will assemble

People of Bihar will vote on agenda, they will vote for us: Tejashwi Yadav

Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial candidate and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that in this "tsunami of change", people of Bihar will vote on agenda of education, healthcare, inflation, etc

Nitish avoids speaking against Sharad Yadav in his daughter's constituency

Nitish Kumar on Monday addressed a rally in Bihariganj assembly seat from where veteran socialist leader Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Yadav is in the fray on Congress ticket

31% candidates in Bihar phase 3 polls have criminal cases against them: ADR

Out of 1,195 candidates contesting in phase-3 of the Bihar assembly elections later this week, 31 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, says a report by poll rights group ADR

LJP shadow looms over NDA as Bihar heads for second phase of polls

Bhagalpur has been known for long as a BJP stronghold, which even RJD supremo Lalu Prasad could not decimate during the peak of his political powers in the 90s

You are being asked to vote for NDA for nothing, says Chidambaram

Taking a dig at PM Modi's speeches in his Bihar election rallies over the last two days, P Chidambaram said the BJP skipped the major issues concerning the voters like unemployment, MSP, etc

Bihar polls: Tejashwi, 4 ministers of Nitish govt in fray in second phase

The stage is set for the second and, arguably, the most crucial of the three phases of Bihar assembly elections in which over 2.85 crore voters will decide the fate of nearly 1,500 candidates

Bihar elections LIVE: Campaign ends for second phase, voting on Nov 3

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Nitish will quit NDA after polls, try to challenge PM Modi in 2024: Chirag

Bihar C Nitish Kumar may ditch the BJP after the assembly poll results are out, join the RJD-led Grand Alliance, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan claimed on Sunday.

NDA hopes to ride reach of welfare packages, PM's appeal to score over Oppn

The ruling BJP-JD(U) combine seeks to draw support from the poorest sections of society on the back of a number of welfare schemes to take on a resurgent RJD-led alliance.

Bihar polls: PM talks of Pak's Pulwama confession, says Nitish never cared

Modi also berated the RJD-Congress combine in Bihar, calling it an alliance of "double-double yuvraj" (two crown princes) whose sole concern was to protect their "respective thrones".

Bihar will reelect 'double engine' govt, reject 2 'yuvaraj': PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is address election rallies in Bihar, seeking votes for NDA government.

Bihar polls: Stage collapses during Pappu Yadav's campaign in Muzaffarpur

A stage and tent, set up for Jan Adhikar Party leader Pappu Yadav's campaign rally, collapsed. He was addressing people in Muzaffarpur's Minapur Assembly constituency when the incident took place

Bihar Assembly elections 2020: PM Modi to address four rallies on Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four back to back rallies in Bihar to garner support for the NDA candidates in the poll-bound state

Sushil Modi slammed for campaigning despite being coronavirus positive

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has landed in a controversy after it emerged he was involved in election campaigning despite testing Covid positive 9 days ago

RJD, Congress created obstacles in Ram temple construction: JP Nadda

J P Nadda attacked the RJD and the Congress, accusing the two parties of creating obstacles in the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya

Bihar elections: I-T raids BJP's game to corner Nitish, says RJD leader

The opposition RJD on Saturday claimed that the income tax raids on certain contractors due to the alleged scam in the tap water supply project were meant to corner Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Won't be surprised if Tejashwi Yadav becomes Bihar CM: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that he would not be surprised if the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav became chief minister after the Bihar Assembly polls

Bihar: Over the last fifteen years, Nitish G stood for governance

Nitish Kumar might win the election, he might lose. But there is no one in Bihar who will deny his contribution to governance.

Best of BS Opinion: Reality in a cusp, Nitish G stood for governance & more

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