Overview
- Bihar votes in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting on November 14 for the 243-seat assembly.
- Patna Police arrested JD(U) Mokama candidate Anant Singh over the October 30 shooting of Dularchand Yadav, and the Election Commission sought a report from the state DGP.
- At rallies in Arrah and Nawada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged the RJD forced Congress to accept Tejashwi Yadav as CM face by pointing a 'katta' at it and cast the INDIA bloc as a return to 'jungle raj.'
- Tejashwi Yadav called the current situation a 'maha jungle raj,' predicted a Mahagathbandhan victory with a November 18 swearing-in, and vowed to jail criminals by January 26 if elected.
- BJP chief J.P. Nadda cited RJD’s ticket to Mohammad Shahabuddin’s son to press the 'jungle raj' charge, as Congress’s Jairam Ramesh questioned the NDA on crime, exam paper leaks and migration, and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari alleged RJD supporters attacked his roadshow and said complaints were filed with police and the EC.