Overview
- At rallies from Bhojpur and Nawada to Saharsa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeated his claim that the RJD forced Congress to back Tejashwi Yadav at ‘katta’ point and framed the contest as NDA development versus ‘jungle raj.’
- Modi also accused the RJD of having stalled key Bihar projects during the UPA years to avenge its 2005 ouster, while promoting the NDA pledge to top up PM-Kisan benefits by Rs 3,000 for farmers.
- Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge dismissed the ‘katta’ allegation as a lie, and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav criticized the Prime Minister’s language, as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mocked Modi’s claims of being insulted.
- Rahul Gandhi escalated attacks by alleging the PM is ‘remote-controlled’ by Ambani and Adani and by calling the BJP’s Chhath event a staged ‘drama,’ pairing the rhetoric with a headline-grabbing muddy-pond dip in Begusarai.
- Law-and-order moved to the fore as a Patna court sent JD(U) candidate Anant Singh to 14-day judicial custody in a murder case and the Election Commission vowed zero tolerance for violence, with polling set for November 6 and 11 and counting on November 14.