Overview

• The Samajwadi Party chief marched in Saran with Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, backing protests over Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
• He accused the Election Commission of acting as a “Jugaad Commission” for the BJP and said the ruling party would be driven out of Bihar.
• Trinamool Congress said MP Yusuf Pathan and leader Lalitesh Pati Tripathi will represent the party in the concluding Patna leg on September 1.
• Addressing rallies in Ara and Siwan, Rahul Gandhi alleged large-scale “vote chori” and called the campaign a defense of constitutional voting rights.
• The clash over the rolls follows a Supreme Court order that prompted the Election Commission to publish about 65 lakh deleted names, while a viral abuse video from Darbhanga led to BJP protests and a Congress worker’s arrest and remand.