Overview
- RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, now the Mahagathbandhan’s CM face, promised a law within 20 days to ensure one government job per family with recruitments completed in 20 months.
- He announced doubled allowances for Panchayati Raj and Gram Kachahari representatives, pension benefits, a ₹50 lakh insurance cover, higher PDS commission, and interest-free ₹5 lakh support for traditional artisans.
- Yadav escalated attacks on PM Narendra Modi and CM Nitish Kumar over law and order, migration and corruption, and claimed Nitish has been ‘hijacked’ by the BJP and would not return as CM.
- BJP leaders pushed back, with Dharmendra Pradhan saying there is “no vacancy” for the CM’s post and Jitan Ram Manjhi accusing Yadav of misleading voters while predicting an NDA win.
- The alliance projected VIP chief Mukesh Sahani as an EBC deputy CM pick, with Yadav saying the BJP is uneasy over the choice and indicating he is not ruling out additional deputy CM faces; polling is on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.