RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan Chief Minister candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his visit to Bihar and claimed every single sentence and word of the latter's speech was "negative" and "defamatory" for the state.
The BJP leader said, "The opposition has become issue-less. Now, the opposition has nothing left but to spread rumours, make false promises, and somehow mislead the people and voters of Bihar. They are dreaming of coming to power, but the voters of Bihar have made up their minds."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Bihar on October 30 to attend two programs in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, said BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday.
A shocking incident has come to light from Bhagalpur amid the Bihar Assembly elections. In the TNB Law College Lane under Barari police station area, BJP leader Vivekanand Prasad alias Bablu Yadav was shot at on Friday, said Bhagalpur DSP Ajay Kumar Chaudhary.
Responding to the controversy, BJP leader Prakash Reddy said that the issue was being unnecessarily politicised. "Why are other political parties making it a political issue? If names are connected with Indian mythology, history, and cultural ethos, all the names should be renamed. It's a
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan has taken sharp aim at the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), accusing it of failing to give Muslims meaningful political representation in Bihar in the upcoming assembly elections.
"Pawan Singh doesn't even want to contest the assembly elections; he wants to contest as an MP. I got him the ticket from Asansol, and in the future, we will get him to contest the election from the right place..." he said.
Speaking at the election rally, he said, "10 lakh people have already been granted government jobs, and 40 lakh have received job opportunities. 1 crore people will be given job opportunities over the next 5 years."
Himachal Pradesh Public Works (PWD) and Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh, on Friday, addressed the media in Shimla, emphasising that the Himachal Pradesh government is making every possible effort to restore the extensive damage caused by this monsoon's heavy rains.
Bihar will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, while by-elections for eight assembly constituencies across seven states and Union Territories will take place on November 11.