Overview
- The NDA is slated to unveil a joint manifesto on October 31, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief J. P. Nadda and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expected to attend.
- The Mahagathbandhan has already released its 'Bihar Ka Tejashwi Pran' manifesto, pledging a law within 20 days to secure a government job for one member per family along with OPS restoration, 200 free electricity units, monthly support for women, expanded reservations and health insurance.
- The opposition has formally projected Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate with VIP chief Mukesh Sahani as deputy, while the NDA campaigns on a Narendra–Nitish leadership plank without naming a CM face.
- Campaign rhetoric has sharpened, with Mr. Modi calling the RJD–Congress pairing “oil and water” and BJP president J. P. Nadda rebuking Rahul Gandhi over his Chhath comment targeting the Prime Minister.
- Bihar votes in two phases on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14, and the November 11 round coincides with bypolls including a triangular fight in Odisha’s Nuapada between the BJP, Congress and BJD.