Overview

• Joining in Saran before a rally in Arrah, Akhilesh Yadav met Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav and accused the Election Commission of acting as a BJP-aligned “Jugaad Commission.”
• At the Arrah rally, Rahul Gandhi alleged the BJP, RSS and the Election Commission were committing “vote chori” through Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision and called it an assault on the Constitution.
• Darbhanga police arrested a man seen in a viral video using abusive language about the Prime Minister and his late mother, and Amit Shah demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi.
• Videos from Arrah showed Gandhi offering candies to BJP youth wing protesters waving black flags, even as BJP and NDA allies dismissed the yatra as a fake narrative and held counter-protests.
• The yatra has crossed more than 1,000 km across about 25 districts and is slated to conclude in Patna on September 1, with the Election Commission rejecting allegations of bias.