Enforcement agencies have seized cash, liquor, drugs, and freebies worth nearly ₹34 crore in Bihar since the election announcement, the Election Commission said. Surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams are working to prevent voter inducement ahead of the November Assembly polls.
Unfazed by the INDIA bloc’s seat-sharing deadlock in Bihar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday began distributing party tickets to chosen candidates, triggering a stampede-like rush outside his Patna residence as aspirants queued up for the party’s election symbol.
The Election Commission on Monday announced that the Bihar assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 14. The entire election process will conclude by November 16
The Special Intensive Revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls closed with 2.17 lakh removal requests and 36,000 inclusion pleas. The Supreme Court directed paralegal support for voters as the EC assured 99.5% verification ahead of the final rolls on September 30
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha that a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar cannot be allowed as the matter is sub judice. He cited House rules and the autonomy of the Election Commission
