Overview
- Congress released its first list of 48 Bihar assembly candidates before a full seat-sharing announcement with allies, prioritising several first‑phase battlegrounds.
- VIP confirmed a deal to contest 15 seats within the Mahagathbandhan, with Mukesh Sahani set to file from Gaura Bauram and party aides citing assurances of two MLC berths and a Rajya Sabha seat.
- Allies said a seat division was settled late Thursday, though disputes over select constituencies persisted and overlapping nominations signalled unresolved frictions.
- BJP and BJD intensified the Nuapada bypoll campaign for November 11, with BJP filing a star‑campaigner list featuring CM Mohan Charan Majhi and Union ministers, and BJD deploying more than 50 senior leaders across local blocks and NACs.
- BJD named former minister Snehangini Chhuria to face BJP’s Jay Dholakia—who defected from BJD—as Congress fields Ghasiram Majhi in a three‑cornered Nuapada contest.