Overview
- Envoys from Japan, Indonesia, Denmark, Australia, the United Kingdom, Bhutan and South Africa spent November 2–3 in Bihar under the BJP’s ‘Know BJP’ programme.
- The delegation observed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally in Arrah as part of a broader review of the party’s on-ground campaign.
- Diplomats met senior BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan and Vinod Tawde, and visited the party’s state headquarters in Patna.
- The tour included door-to-door outreach and booth-level coordination briefings to showcase organisational structure, communication strategy and election management.
- The visit concluded days before voting in the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for November 6 and 11, with counting on November 14; opposition parties publicly questioned the propriety of the timing.