Overview

• The BJP appointed Dharmendra Pradhan to steer Bihar, Bhupender Yadav to oversee West Bengal, and Baijayant Panda to lead Tamil Nadu preparations, with CR Patil and Keshav Prasad Maurya assisting in Bihar, Biplab Deb in Bengal, and Murlidhar Mohol in Tamil Nadu.
• Amit Shah begins a two-day Bihar visit on September 26–27, holding worker conventions in Bettiah, Sarairanjan and Forbesganj and chairing strategy meetings in Patna.
• Today’s organisational huddle in Patna, set to include Pradhan, Patil and Maurya, is expected to focus on candidate selection, manifesto planning, cadre mobilisation and coordination with NDA allies.
• The Union Cabinet approved roughly Rs 6,000 crore for Bihar infrastructure, including a four-lane Sahebganj–Bettiah greenfield highway and doubling of the 104-km Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya railway line.
• The Trinamool Congress criticised Biplab Deb’s role as Bengal co-in-charge, and Bihar’s election timing remains unannounced by the Election Commission despite expectations of an October–November vote.