Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Kishan and Janshakti Janata Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav greeted each other at the Patna Airport, while their parties are contesting against each other in the ongoing Bihar Assembly elections.
Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) national president and candidate from Mahua assembly constituency, Tej Pratap Yadav, visited various polling booths in the constituency as polling is underway in the 121 constituencies in the first phase of the election on Thursday.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Lakhisarai constituency, Vijay Kumar Sinha, on Thursday, alleged that RJD workers threatened a polling agent at booths in Halsi block during the first phase of voting.
Yadav also announced his plan to establish an engineering college in Mahua, following the medical college he had previously set up, assuring the people of his constituency that he would continue to work for their development.
Tej Pratap, who was expelled from RJD earlier this year, formed his own party ahead of the elections and is contesting under the banner of Janshakti Janata Dal.
Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, along with his wife Rabri Devi, son and Mahagathbandhan Chief Ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav, cast their vote in Patna.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Lakhisarai constituency, Vijay Kumar Sinha, appealed to voters across the state to come out in large numbers and exercise their right to vote as the polling in the 121 constituencies in the first phase of the election began on Thursday.
Voting for the first phase of the Bihar elections 2025 is underway. The first phase of the 2025 assembly elections in Bihar began today at 7:00 am across 121 constituencies in 18 districts of the state's 243 seats, with approximately 3.75 crore electors casting their ballot.
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