Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address rallies in Saharsa and Katihar, with Amit Shah, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Yogi Adityanath also holding events across multiple districts.
- The poll schedule remains two phases on November 6 and November 11 with counting on November 14, and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said voters will cast ballots peacefully.
- Modi’s Patna roadshow drew large crowds, while the Opposition underscored the absence of Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar from the event.
- Modi alleged the RJD forced Congress into naming Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face by putting a ‘katta’ to its head, a claim Kharge rejected as a lie.
- CPI(ML) Liberation and AIPWA launched a women-focused campaign across 20 constituencies highlighting gender-based violence, microfinance debt and the exploitation of scheme workers.