Overview

• Tejashwi Yadav on June 21 quantified that ₹20,000 crore have been spent on PM Modi’s rallies in Bihar since 2014, renewing his “pickpocket” accusation.
• BJP responded by plastering posters mocking Tejashwi Yadav and his father’s fodder scam conviction, intensifying the campaign’s personal barbs.
• Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party rally in Vaishali promised livelihood schemes of ₹10,000–₹12,000 per month within a year if elected.
• In Siwan, Modi inaugurated projects worth over ₹5,700 crore during his fifth Bihar visit of the year, using these ceremonies to bolster the NDA’s development credentials.
• With assembly polls due later this year, Bihar’s political landscape is marked by heightened accusations over fund misuse, symbolic grievances, and emerging alternative platforms.