Overview

• Prashant Kishor dared Rahul Gandhi to spend a night in a Bihar village and demanded an apology over remarks he said mocked Biharis.
• Kishor accused Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy of perpetuating stereotypes about Bihari laborers and criticized Congress for neglecting Bihar’s development since 1989.
• Congress leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and Akhilesh Prasad Singh formally endorsed Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc’s candidate for chief minister.
• At Patna’s ‘Chhatra Yuva Sansad,’ Tejashwi outlined a 20-month transformation plan including a Youth Commission, waived exam fees, home tutoring and a proposed education city.
• Both Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party and the RJD-Congress alliance have pivoted their campaigns toward youth unemployment and Bihari identity amid ongoing seat-sharing talks.