Overview
- At a rally in Raghunathpur, the Assam chief minister compared Osama Shahab to Osama bin Laden and urged voters to “ensure the elimination of all Osama Bin Ladens in the state.”
- He said a victory for Shahab would be a “defeat for Hindus” and pledged to watch the seat’s result on November 14 from the gates of Assam’s Kamakhya temple.
- Sarma pressed voters to back the Nitish Kumar–led NDA and to reject what he called the “Tejashwi–Osama duo.”
- Osama Shahab is a first‑time RJD candidate in Raghunathpur who faces several criminal cases, mostly under the Arms Act, and is the son of the late convicted MP Mohammad Shahabuddin.
- Bihar votes on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14, and BJP leaders including Amit Shah, J. P. Nadda and Yogi Adityanath have already attacked the RJD choice as a return to “jungle raj.”