Bihar Election 2025 Highlights: Campaigning for first phase ends, all eyes on November 6 polling for 121 seats

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An FIR was registered against Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan' on Tuesday for making a controversial statement against opposition leaders during campaigning for arrested JD(U) candidate Anant Singh in Bihar's Mokama. He landed in a fresh controversy with the surfacing of a video in which he purportedly asked NDA supporters to intimidate the opponents on polling day, reported PTI

RJD president Lalu Prasad, who has been keeping indoors because of fragile health, on Tuesday undertook a drive to Phulwari Sharif constituency, in what is being seen as a "road show" by the greatest crowd puller of his generation.

This comes after intense criticism of the RJD supremo for staying away from campaigning.

Supaul constituency is set to have a high-stakes battle with the Janata Dal (United) looking to maintain its over two-decade-long winning streak here, while the Congress and Jan Suraaj Party are making efforts to unseat the incumbent. (ANI)

The campaign for the first phase of Bihar Elections has ended. As many as 121 constituencies will vote on 6 November, while the remaining 122 will go to the polls on 11 November. The results will be declared on 14 November.

At least 14 delegates from seven countries are set to witness up close the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls on Thursday as part of an international visitors' programme of the Election Commission, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said

PM Modi, while addressing a rally in Bihar, said he ‘has no doubt about NDA’s huge victory in Bihar’ and urged women workers to ensure high voter turnout

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the NDA’s victory in the Bihar assembly elections would “wipe away all traces of slavery,” adding that Mohiuddinnagar in Samastipur district would be renamed “Mohan Nagar.”

PM Modi, on Tuesday, while addressing a rally in Bihar, said voters from the state “should give a befitting reply to those insulting sentiments of the people of the state.” Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said 'two princes are roaming in Bihar, including one from Delhi who has been insulting Chhathi Maiya’

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Today marks the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections and parties have been raining poll promises across the state. Here's a glimpse

In Bettiah, the BJP has fielded five-time MLA and former Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate, while Washi Ahmad is contesting on behalf of the Mahagathbandhan. Anil Kumar Singh is contesting from the Jan Suraaj party.

The results of the Bihar Assembly Elections would be declared on 14 November.

During a rally in Bihar, Union Minister Amit Shah announced approval for a new airport at Raxaul and an auditorium will be constructed at Motihari, PTI reported.

“Nitish Kumar has turned youth of Bihar into labourers,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi charged on Tuesday at a rally in Aurangabad.

He also attacked PM Modi, saying, “PM wants youth to remain busy in making reels so that they don't raise questions.”

Speaking at the poll rally in Darbhanga, Shah also promised that 3.60 cr people would receive free health cover up to ₹5 lakh crore if the NDA is voted to power, adding that that the proposed IT park at Darbhanga will provide employment to youth.

₹26,000 crore will also be spent to harness Koshi river water to irrigate 'Mithilanchal', if NDA is voted to power, Shah said.

Speaking at a poll rally in Darbhanga, Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged voters to press the 'lotus' button to prevent “jungle raj that devastated Bihar during Lalu-Rabri's 15-year rule.”

“The parties given the opportunity to govern Bihar after independence did not alter the state's development path or improve its conditions. I often remind everyone that you can donate eyes, but you can't donate eyes with a vision for development. Only parties and leaders with such vision can transform the country's future. The governments of Bihar and Delhi are engaged in a double-engine development of Bihar,” Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, according to ANI.

He added, "Our Rajdhani Express is running fast. All you need to do is show the green flag on election day. Click the button marked with an arrow (JDU). Because of this, a current will be generated that will make 'Anje, Ganje and Panje' disappear. This power is within you. And if you do it, it's done. This Rajdhani Express will develop at super speed and change your life, your future..."

“Lalu Yadav and his family appear to be overconfident. They know the results won't be in their favour, so they are pretending they will take an oath... Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav are only making false promises. No one believes them. Now that Lalu Yadav has also entered the election campaigning, people are reminded of the jungle raj,” ANI quoted BJP national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain as saying.

“We will give ₹300 for paddy and ₹400 for wheat in addition to the MSP to farmers. We will provide free electricity to farmers for irrigation. Under 'Mai Bahin Maan Yojana', on 14th January - Makar Sankranti, after we form the Government we will deposit ₹30,000 for an entire year into the accounts of women,” Tejashwi told news agency ANI.

“We have been campaigning across Bihar. This is the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the election. People are in the mood for a change. This time, the people of Bihar will uproot the Government that has been in power for the last 20 years,” Tejashwi Yadav, the Mahagathbandhan's CM face, told news agency ANI.

Bihar Election 2025 Live: On singer-actor and BJP member Pawan Singh's remarks on him, singer-actor and RJD leader Khesari Lal Yadav says, "...He is my elder brother...About me, he recently said, 'main ek paani pe nahi rehta'; that one day I say that I am here because of Pawan bhaiya and Dinesh bhaiya. If I have made them my idols, it doesn't make them my 'karmdata' or my God. You are elder brothers, but it is one's actions which make them big. I don't make personal remarks. He says. 'main ek paani pe nahi rehta', how do I respond to this? So, I told him 'kam se kam ek biwi ke saath toh rehta hoon'. I give a lot of importance to my relations..."

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Union Minister of State Sanjay Seth says the NDA will win the elections. “Across Bihar, the kind of feedback we're receiving, as we meet and interact with people, gives us a sense that the people of Bihar are feeling proud to say, 'We are Bihari.' They say there was a time of 'jungle raj,' when the image of Bihar was tarnished across the entire country... People from Bhagalpur told me that back then, when they traveled by train, they would make sure to reach home before 6 pm, otherwise, they would have to stay overnight at the station and go home in the morning. That was more or less the condition across the entire state. But today, even if you arrive by train at midnight or 1 am, there's 24-hour electricity, a vast network of roads in every village,” he told news agency PTI

Bihar Election 2025 Live: RJD MP Manoj Jha mocks PM Modi over ‘Jungle Raj’ remarks. "The very day the Prime Minister was giving a sermon on 'Jungle Raj' in Muzaffarpur, perhaps right nearby, around 100 kilometres away, a murder took place in Mokama. A day before that, there was a murder in Siwan, and a day after, another one in Rohtas. When those who were responsible for what happened in Manipur, talk about 'Jungle Raj,' I feel like saying: Mirror, sir, is a very useful thing, one should always keep a mirror."

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Prashant Kishor urged voters in Siwan to elect clean candidates in the upcoming elections. "I only have one request from the people of Siwan, that they can make anyone victorious but make sure that a corrupt, cheat, fraud is not elected from this land..."

Bihar Election 2025 Live: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "Tejashwi Yadav says Owaisi and his party are extremists. In the eyes of Tejashwi, RJD and the alliance, anyone who is a Namazi, reads the Quran, keeps Roza, sends their children to a Madrasa, has a beard, wears a skull cap, wears a Hijab, is an extremist. Those who bow down in front of his father are not extremists in the eyes of Tejaswi Yadav... Listen, Tejashwi, we believe in the one who created the earth and the sky. If we believe in any book, it is Allah's Karam first and the Constitution second... Tejashwi has demeaned the entire minority community of Seemanchal... Tejashwi is acting like a younger brother to PM Modi and expressing his hatred... Tejashwi can say whatever he wants... Lalu's son says I am an extremist. His statement makes no difference... The people of Seemanchal will teach him what an extremist is..."

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Lalu Prasad Yadav's decline in Bihar politics was the result of a combination of governance failures, corruption scandals, and social changes that have reshaped the state’s political landscape over the last few decades.

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the Congress, RJD, and SP of ‘embracing’ criminals and lampooned their party leaders -- Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, and Akhilesh Yadav, calling them "Pappu, Tappu, and Appu - 'three new monkeys' of the INDIA bloc.

Bihar Election 2025 Live: The Janata Dal (United) has experienced a continuous decline in its electoral performance. The party won just 43 seats in the 2020 election, down from the 71 seats it had won in the 2015 election. Yet, its supremo, Nitish Kumar, has had his proverbial ‘nine lives’ – managing to dodge anti-incumbency since 2005 when he became the Chief Minister for the first time.

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in East and West Champaran of Bihar today. Shah is also scheduled to address a public rally in Darbhanga today. The first phase of polling in the Bihar election is scheduled on 6 November

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta is on a three-day campaign tour in Bihar to canvass for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates. This is Rekha Gupta’s third visit to the state for campaigning.

Bihar Election 2025 Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with women workers of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar during the final stretch of campaigning for the first phase of polling. The interaction will be held under the BJP’s ‘Mera Booth Sabse Majboot’ initiative.