Overview

• At its first post-Independence CWC meeting in Bihar, Congress passed resolutions condemning the EC’s Special Intensive Revision of rolls and alleging institutional erosion, with a separate note expressing distress over Gaza.
• Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of “vote chori,” questioned the EC’s impartiality, and said the Bihar election could begin the end of the Modi government’s rule, while asserting the BJP has “mentally retired” Nitish Kumar.
• The party launched a signature campaign targeting 5 crore endorsements by October 15 to press the EC on alleged voter theft, alongside an organisational ‘Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan’ with 144 DCC presidents already named.
• Rahul Gandhi was slated to meet RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav to negotiate seat-sharing, with reports suggesting Congress seeks about 70 seats and the RJD is unwilling to go beyond roughly 60.
• Congress rolled out EBC-focused promises, including an EBC Prevention of Atrocities law, higher quotas in local bodies, set-asides in smaller government contracts, land for landless families, and steps to lift the 50% reservation cap.