Campaigning ended for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday evening with top campaigners from BJP, Janata Dal (United), RJD, Congress, Jan Suraaj and other political parties holding rallies, roadshows and interacting with voters to boost prospects of their candidates.
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday led a massive roadshow in Bihar's Bhojpur district, calling on voters to support his party as a "new option" for changing the state's governance system.
"Mahagathbandhan is going to be trounced. Thus, all these schemes will improve daily. They have realised that they will lose badly. RJD knows that NDA will win many of its seats. The ambience is in favour of PM Modi and Nitish Kumar's development model," Kishan told ANI.
A case has been registered against Union Minister and JD(U) leader Lalan Singh at Mokama police station in Bihar over his controversial remark made during a roadshow in support of party candidate Anant Singh for the Mokama assembly by-election.
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.
"When you press the 'Lotus' symbol, it should not be to elect an MLA or minister, but to stop 'jungle raj'. Do you want to bring back the 15 years of 'jungle raj' seen during Lalu and Rabri's tenures in Bihar? This jungle raj wants to come back in disguise. Our job is to select Lotus and
Bangladeshis express mixed reactions on upcoming elections amid concerns over the law and order situation. Although the people have welcomed the initiative of the interim government to hold elections in mid-February; some fear that keeping the Awami League out of the electoral process could
nion Minister Nityanand Rai on Tuesday took a swipe at RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, calling him the "hero of Jungle Raj," and said that the people of Bihar have rejected his son Tejashwi Yadav, his family, and his party, adding that those who believe in Jungle Raj can never become Chief M
Criticising the poll promises made by the RJD leader, the JSP founder was campaigning Bihar's Bhojpur for party candidate. "Tejashwi Yadav should tell us what he would do post-retirement. He is losing elections. He is saying anything," Kishor told ANI.
Tej Pratap was responding to a question related to the poll campaign in Mahua of Tejashwi Yadav, who is the Mahagathbandhan's Chief Ministerial nominee. The JJD chief further said that considering that Tejashwi had campaigned in his constituency he will in turn go to Raghopur from where T