Overview
- At a rally in Arrah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged the RJD made Congress accept Tejashwi Yadav as the Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial pick by putting a “katta” to its head and predicted post-poll discord in the alliance.
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge dismissed the allegation as a lie and “laughable,” saying such remarks demean the office of the prime minister and vowing to respond at rallies in Bihar.
- The Mahagathbandhan has formally named RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav as its CM candidate after days of uncertainty over seat-sharing within the alliance.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah intensified law-and-order attacks on the opposition, warning of a return to “jungle raj” and claiming the INDIA bloc would create “portfolios of murder, kidnapping, and extortion” as campaigning peaks ahead of voting.
- A Patna court remanded JD(U) candidate Anant Singh and two associates to 14-day judicial custody in the murder of Jan Suraaj Party supporter Dular Chand Yadav.