Overview

• Launched on September 16, the five-day Bihar Adhikar Yatra will span 10 districts and 66 constituencies and is scheduled to conclude on September 20 in Vaishali.
• On day two, Tejashwi Yadav addressed rallies around Patna including Bakhtiyarpur and Barh, labeled Nitish Kumar a "cheat minister," and alleged rising corruption and unsafe streets while claiming large turnouts.
• He pledged a job for every degree holder if elected and foregrounded a platform of employment, education, healthcare, industry, women’s rights, and curbing migration.
• While asserting there is no confusion over the opposition’s chief ministerial face, he said the name will be announced at the right time, with Congress’s formal endorsement and seat-sharing still unresolved.
• Political strategist Prashant Kishor dismissed Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, and Tejashwi Yadav as "expired medicines," underscoring the combative backdrop to the Bihar campaign.