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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s first campaign in Bihar drew sharp backlash over his past remarks belittling Biharis. Political leaders, including Prashant Kishor, questioned his presence, while citizens criticised Rahul Gandhi for inviting him to campaign

Rahul Gandhi will launch the 1,300 km-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram on Sunday, covering 20+ districts in Bihar with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav. Congress alleges BJP’s attempt at “vote chori” and vows to safeguard democratic rights ahead of assembly polls

Akhilesh Yadav announced full support to RJD in Bihar polls, vowing to expose BJP’s scams in Uttar Pradesh. He said BJP won’t let Nitish Kumar remain CM and criticized their religious hypocrisy and diversion from real issues ahead of 2027

Ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor reiterated that there is no question of aligning with any political parties, but people who want change can join the party

During campaigning in the run-up to the Assembly polls in October-November, Nitish had taken a dig at his friend turned bete noire Lalu Prasad.

The party's victory in five seats has become inconsequential in terms of lending support in case of hung- assembly as NDA emerged as the clear winner.

In the opposition camp, the Left front has outscored its partners with a much better strike rate

The Election Commission had in March asked political parties to justify why they chose candidates with criminal history to contest elections.

Most of the exit polls predicted RJD to again emerge as the single largest party in the 243-member assembly along with a clear dip in the seat tally of JD(U)

He claimed that the people's love and bonding with the BJP had not been liked by political rivals and they had lost sleep.

The maximum 55.95 per cent turnout has been recorded in Kaimur, followed by 55.44 per cent in Lakhisarai, Buxar (53.84 per cent), Bhagalpur (52.16 per cent) and Patna (51.02 per cent) among others.

Kumar, the JD(U) president, spoke about the Patna metro project, smart cities plan and the Ujjwala scheme among other measures to laud Modi.

The Congress knows how to run a country, how to stand with farmers and give employment, but "we don't know how to lie", he said.

The maximum 26.76 per cent turnout has been recorded in Lakhisarai, followed by Nawada (23.42%) and Banka (22.58 per cent).

Of the 2.14 crore voters who will exercise their franchise, 1.01 crore are women and 599 belong to the third gender, according to data provided by the Election Commission.

The BJP and the JDU had agreed to contest on 121-122 seats respectively in the 243-member assembly.