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Akhilesh Yadav Joins Bihar ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ as Darbhanga Video Row Spurs Arrests and Street Clashes

With SP joining, the opposition push grows, with arrests over a Darbhanga video fueling BJP demands for an apology.

Overview

  • Rahul Gandhi, speaking in Arrah, accused the BJP, RSS and the Election Commission of 'vote chori' tied to Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, calling it an attack on the Constitution.
  • Police in Darbhanga said two people, including Md Rizvi alias Raja, were arrested over the viral video using an expletive for the PM, and four cases have been registered.
  • BJP and Congress workers clashed outside the Congress state office in Patna; police reported injuries on both sides and said complaints were received from each camp.
  • Amit Shah, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Ravi Shankar Prasad pressed Rahul Gandhi to apologise over the remarks, as BJP leaders held protests including a silent demonstration in Patna.
  • Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav joined the yatra in Saran and attacked the poll body as a 'Jugaad Aayog', while TMC said MP Yusuf Pathan and Lalitesh Tripathi will join the September 1 Patna culmination.