Overview

• The Shaharbanni gathering in Khagaria is positioned as a pre‑election show of strength ahead of Bihar’s November 6 and 11 polling.
• Party officials say all five LJP(RV) MPs, senior leaders, state office‑bearers and thousands of workers are set to attend.
• Chirag Paswan’s social‑media tributes invoked his father’s ‘Bihar First, Bihari First’ vision, a signal seen as directed at NDA partners during negotiations.
• Senior BJP leaders, including Bihar polls in‑charge Dharmendra Pradhan, met Chirag in New Delhi to discuss seat allocation, with no agreement announced.
• LJP(RV) is leveraging its 2024 clean sweep of five Lok Sabha seats to strengthen its claim, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi also paid online tribute that Chirag acknowledged.