Bihar Polls Second Phase Campaigning

Bihar recorded a polling percentage of 53.51 per cent in the second phase of the state elections yesterday. The state will vote for the last phase on Saturday and campaign is likely to intensify.

The second phase of assembly elections in Bihar, held amid the looming coronavirus threat, saw 53.51 per cent people voting, down from the 56.9 per cent in 2015. Ninety-four seats were up for election, a chunk of them were BJP's strongholds in north Bihar. The key candidates included Tejashwi Yadav - the Chief Ministerial candidate of the oppositi...

The second phase of the Bihar election begins Tuesday morning with voting for 94 seats across 17 districts. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the opposition's chief ministerial face, is among the 1,464 contestants. Seven ministers from Nitish Kumar's cabinet are also contesting, as is BJP leader Nitin Nabin, who faces Congress's Luv Sinha - son of actor-p...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi can't create jobs or revive the economy so he is making personal barbs, Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Friday, responding to the latest volley of campaign attacks against him ahead of the second phase of state polls.

The ''Mahagathbandhan'' will get two-thirds majority in the Bihar polls, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India. The RJD leader, who has promised 10 lakh government jobs if voted to power, also said he will bring a legislation in the first assembly session to nullify the "anti-farmer" laws brought by the ...

Campaigning for 32 assembly seats in the second phase of polling in Bihar ended this evening with the sting video of a senior minister in the Nitish Kumar government, providing the BJP-led NDA with fresh ammunition to attack the grand alliance on corruption.

Bihar recorded a polling percentage of 53.51 per cent in the second phase of the state elections yesterday. The state will vote for the last phase on Saturday and campaign is likely to intensify.

The second phase of assembly elections in Bihar, held amid the looming coronavirus threat, saw 53.51 per cent people voting, down from the 56.9 per cent in 2015. Ninety-four seats were up for election, a chunk of them were BJP's strongholds in north Bihar. The key candidates included Tejashwi Yadav - the Chief Ministerial candidate of the oppositi...

The second phase of the Bihar election begins Tuesday morning with voting for 94 seats across 17 districts. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the opposition's chief ministerial face, is among the 1,464 contestants. Seven ministers from Nitish Kumar's cabinet are also contesting, as is BJP leader Nitin Nabin, who faces Congress's Luv Sinha - son of actor-p...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi can't create jobs or revive the economy so he is making personal barbs, Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Friday, responding to the latest volley of campaign attacks against him ahead of the second phase of state polls.

The ''Mahagathbandhan'' will get two-thirds majority in the Bihar polls, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India. The RJD leader, who has promised 10 lakh government jobs if voted to power, also said he will bring a legislation in the first assembly session to nullify the "anti-farmer" laws brought by the ...

Campaigning for 32 assembly seats in the second phase of polling in Bihar ended this evening with the sting video of a senior minister in the Nitish Kumar government, providing the BJP-led NDA with fresh ammunition to attack the grand alliance on corruption.