Overview

• At a Katihar rally, Rahul Gandhi accused the Modi government and BJP of undermining the Constitution and stripping Dalits, Adivasis and backward classes of rights, warning against voter deletions.
• The Congress-led tour began on 17 August in Sasaram, will cover roughly 1,300 km across more than 20 Bihar districts, and is scheduled to conclude with a Patna rally on 1 September.
• MNS chief Raj Thackeray endorsed Gandhi’s charge that votes are being “stolen,” while Uddhav Thackeray said fair elections would deny the ruling alliance victory in Maharashtra.
• Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged misuse of special voter-list revisions and new removal-from-office bills to erode mandates, urging party workers to guard rolls against partisan pruning.
• Officials in Bhagalpur confirmed that a Pakistani woman’s name was found on the voter list during checks prompted by an 11 August Home Ministry notice, with Form 7 filed to remove the entry and an inquiry underway.