Overview
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said any violence during the Bihar assembly polls will not be tolerated and assured peaceful, transparent voting.
- The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Patna’s Superintendent of Police (Rural) and initiated action against three other officials after the Mokama campaign violence that left Dular Chand Yadav dead.
- Police arrested former MLA Anant Singh in connection with the Mokama case, along with Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram.
- An administrative and security framework is in place that includes 243 returning officers and an equal number of observers working with district collectors and police chiefs.
- Voting is scheduled in two phases on November 6 and November 11 with counting on November 14, as the EC urges high turnout and spotlights ongoing voter-list purification efforts.