Bihar had recorded a voter turnout of 13.1% till 9 AM across the 121 constituencies in the first phase. The Bihar elections are being held in two phases across the state, with the second phase happening on November 6.
BJP candidate from Danapur, Ram Kripal Yadav, cast his vote at a polling booth in Patna, as the polling in the 121 constituencies in the first phase of the election began on Thursday.
Women in Patna performed Jhijhiya, a traditional folk dance of Mithila, near a polling booth on Thursday to raise awareness about voting as polling for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections is underway.
"I have full faith that NDA will win. The people of Bihar are celebrating this festival of democracy for development and voting to reject 'jungle raj'. I request everyone to go to polling booths and cast their votes, Bihar has been the mother of democracy," he told ANI.
"I just want to say that people of Patna to come out of their houses and cast their votes. I was the first to cast a vote at my polling booth. The people of Patna should create a record by casting maximum votes. You should vote first then do jaalpaan (refreshments). People should make a r
Rahul Gandhi today alleged that one in eight voters in Haryana were fake, claiming large-scale voter fraud and pointing to unexplained discrepancies between postal and booth votes. He stated that a corrupt voter list undermines democracy and emphasised that the opposition will coordinate
Just a day before the first phase of Bihar polls, he said his team has clear proof that around 25 lakh voters in the state are either duplicate, nonexistent, or manipulated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) grassroot workers in Bihar to get women electors to vote in large numbers in the Assembly elections, giving the mantra "Pehle matdaan, phir jalpaan."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that people of Bihar have made up their mind to make NDA victorious in the assembly polls and break the record of the last 20 years.
The Second phase of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has started in 12 States and Union Territories on Tuesday, with Booth Level Officers (BLO) distributing enumeration forms door-to-door.