Overview
- The 16-day march spanned roughly 1,300 km across 25 districts, yet Congress logged its worst performance in the state.
- The Election Commission declared the Special Intensive Revision of rolls a successful exercise with zero appeals pending, weakening the ‘vote chori’ narrative.
- Most constituencies along the yatra route returned NDA winners, with Araria standing out as a rare Congress victory.
- India bloc leaders acknowledged that heavy emphasis on SIR and ‘vote chori’ drained resources from local issues and stalled momentum.
- Post-result reviews also flagged organisational lapses and fraught candidate selection, including complaints about coordination under in-charge Krishna Allavaru.