Bihar Election News | Bihar Records Historic 64.66% Voter Turnout, Vijay Sinha, RJD MLC Clash

Bihar has recorded its highest-ever voter turnout — 64.66% — in the first phase of the 2025 Assembly elections. This surpasses the previous record of 62.57% set in 2000. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar thanked voters and poll staff for their enthusiastic participation. A dramatic face-off erupted in Bihar’s Lakhisarai on polling day as Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha and RJD MLC Ajay Kumar engaged in a heated verbal spat on the road. The confrontation, captured live by media cameras, saw both leaders hurl sharp accusations — Sinha alleging that Kumar was drunk and disrupting polling, while the RJD leader mocked the Deputy CM as “scared of losing.” NDTV's Shubh Bhardwaj brings you the details.