Overview

• Akhilesh Yadav joined the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Saran, met Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, and drew large turnouts along the route.
• The 16-day march, launched on August 17 to protest the roll revision, has crossed multiple districts and is scheduled to conclude in Patna on September 1.
• Calling the poll body a "Jugaad Commission," Akhilesh accused it of favoring the BJP and said the party would be driven out of Bihar in the coming elections.
• Rahul Gandhi said the BJP was "caught red-handed" in vote theft and pledged to release more proof of alleged manipulation across several states.
• Trinamool Congress will join the Patna finale with MP Yusuf Pathan and leader Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, as the ECI cites its Special Intensive Revision and has published 65 lakh deletions following a Supreme Court directive.