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

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. Stay here for all live updates

05:08 (IST) Oct 28

Read: After Nitish’s ‘nine kids’ dig at Lalu, Tejashwi says CM ‘mentally tired’

In a sharp response to CM Nitish Kumar’s jibe at his parents Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi for having “eight to nine children and no faith in their daughters”, RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s CM face Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said that by doing so, the JD(U) chief was targeting PM Narendra Modi as well.

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05:03 (IST) Oct 28

3 IEDs found in Gaya day before Phase-I of vote

04:28 (IST) Oct 28

Under our government, Bihar's youth will enjoy benefits of 85 per cent reservation in jobs, says Tejashwi Yadav (ANI)

04:27 (IST) Oct 28

Ahead of PM Modi's rally, BJP Muzzafarpur MP Ajay Nishad tests Covid-19 positive, reports ANI

04:26 (IST) Oct 28

PM Modi to hold election rallies in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna on October 28

04:24 (IST) Oct 28

Gaya district magistrate Abhishek Singh said,"Over 20,000 polling personnel and around 18,000 police personnel are deployed." (ANI)

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04:24 (IST) Oct 28

Gaya: Polling parties left for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and VVPATs ahead of voting for 1st phase of Bihar elections, reports ANI