"The migrant workers, who have stayed back after Chhath have made their people vote in big numbers too, that has surprised everyone. People who were sitting here giving Rs 10,000 to women. In this election women are definitely included, but the migrant workers have become the X factor. Th
"He himself confirmed the 'chaal, charitra, chehra' of his government. Nobody is safe here and there is no rule of law. Till now, it was the public tolerating it. Now the leaders are also facing it during elections," Kishor told reporters here.
Dismissing talk about "November revolution", Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that the true revolution will be Congress coming back to power in 2028 in the State.
The Congress MP also alleged that many BJP leaders and workers, who had voted in elections in other states, voted in Bihar in the first phase of the election.
"They are in power in the country. They're in power in the state, so they should investigate. They're suffering the consequences of the kind of Bihar they've created. People are driving them out, which means that a Grand Alliance government is being formed," Sahani told reporters.
The first phase of the assembly elections in Bihar concluded peacefully on Thursday with a record voter turnout of 64.66 per cent, the highest-ever in the state's history.
Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha alleged that during his visit to Khoriari and Nadiawan villages, his polling agent was turned away and local residents were assaulted by allegedly inebriated RJD and Congress supporters, describing the scene as "hooliganism" at the booths.
During the first phase of polling in Bihar's 121 assembly constituencies, Deputy Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Lakhisarai, Vijay Kumar Sinha, on Thursday, faced an attack while visiting a polling booth in Khoriari village.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed confidence of NDA victory in Bihar polls, stating that the RJD and Congress will "be wiped out" when the results are declared on November 14.
"The opposition people have resolved that they want to settle infiltrators in India. Over the last few years, new dimensions of development have emerged here. During the RJD regime, there was jungle raj, and today there is the rule of law. At that time, there was corruption; today, effort