Bihar Election 2020 Live Updates: 55.69 per cent voter turnout in 1st phase, says EC

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address two poll rallies on November 3 in Bihar - one in Kishanganj and another in Araria

55.69 per cent voter turnout in 1st phase of Bihar assembly elections: EC

The first phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar recorded 55.69 per cent voter turnout, the Election Commission said on Thursday. A total of 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar went to polls on Wednesday in the first of the three-phase elections amid tight security and with COVID-19 guidelines in place. As compared to corresponding assembly constituencies which went to poll in the 2015 assembly elections and the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the turnout this time was higher.

Both DEO and SP Munger to be shifted and directed to report to CS Bihar awaiting posting orders

After receiving report/inputs from CEO Bihar regarding law&order incidence at Munger, Commission has ordered Gaya divisional commissioner deputed to conduct the enquiry of Munger incidence within a week. He has been rushed to Munger today.

Fifteen years ago, some people had put Bihar in an identity crisis but choosing Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the nature of Indian politics, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday.

A day after the conclusion of Phase-1 of assembly elections in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan said that the feedback he has received from party candidates and workers indicates that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with LJP will form a new government in the state.

15 years ago, some people put Bihar in identity crisis. Recall their 'jungle raj' when corruption was rampant...6 years ago, choosing PM Modi changed nature of Indian politics. Now, no poor has religion or caste. Development is for all: UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Siwan

While delivering his election speech in the second leg of his campaigning in Darbhanga on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphatically announced that NDA in Bihar comprised the BJP, JD(U), HAM and VIP. However, he did not specifically name Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s "eyesore" LJP chief Chirag Paswan. Nor did he castigate Chirag for, what the other BJP leaders have been accusing him of, trying to mislead the voters.

BJP on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleging that he exhorted voters in Bihar’s phase one of polling to vote for the Mahagathbandhan, violating the model code of conduct.

PM talking about all issues but not jobs, says Rahul

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday, accusing him of talking about all other things except unemployment. Addressing rallies in Darbhanga and Valmiki Nagar, Rahul said his party knows how to run the government and work for the poor and for farmers. “We gave MGNREGA and waived farmers’ loans… But yes, we do lack one thing — we don’t know how to lie. We cannot compete with him (PM) at lying,” he said. Read full story

Masking their fear of the virus to vote for a new government, 54.3% of the Bihar electorate on Wednesday stepped out to exercise their franchise in Phase I of the country’s first full-fledged assembly elections under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, surpassing the corresponding 53.5% turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Bihar records 53.54 per cent polling in first phase: State CEO

Bihar recorded a 53.54 per cent polling in the first phase of assembly polls on Wednesday, according to a release by the Chief Electoral Officer Bihar. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora earlier addressed a press conference here and said the final figures will come later on the basis of all the votes cast by the electorate. Read more

First phase of voting in Bihar elections comes to an end with 53.46% per cent voter turnout till 6pm.

Small shopkeepers,youths,farmers angry with Modi and Nitish: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said there was anger among small shopkeepers, youths, farmers and labourers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Bihar. Addressing his second poll rally of the day at Kusheswar Asthan in Darbhanga, the former Congress president also said it was sad that Prime Minister Modis effigy was burnt in Punjab on the occasion of Dusshera. "You didnt get to see it perhaps because Nitishji and Modiji control the media," he alleged.

You gave 15 years to Nitish Kumar,six years to Narendra Modi, still Bihar is poorest state: Rahul Gandhi at Darbhanga rally

The BJP lodges complaint with ECI seeking legal action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for violation of MCC.

Citing Gandhi’s today tweet through which he sought vote for the “Mahagathbandhan”, the saffron party has urged the ECI to take action against the Congress leader.

PM Modi tears into opposition, calls Tejashwi Yadav 'Yuvraj of Jungleraj'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Opposition and even went ahead to term the Mahagathbandan's chief ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, as "Yuvraaj of Jungleraj" (Prince of Jungleraj). It is important to note that the era of former chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad Yadav's rule in the state is often referred to as 'Junglreraj' by its opponents. "I want to know from the people of Patna, I want to know from the people of Bihar, could Bihar dream of becoming an IT-hub in Jungle Raj? Whether 'Yuvraj of Jungle Raj', he can take Bihar forward in the field of IT, or in any area of modernity," PM Modi said at the rally held in Patna. Read more