The second phase of voting saw top politicians as early voters. Casting his vote at a government school in Digha, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar urged people to vote in large numbers.
Tejashwi Yadav, the younger son of Lalu Prasad, had taken the electoral plunge from Raghopur in 2015. He won the election and went on to become the deputy to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020 second phase polling in 94 constituencies across 17 districts concluded on Tuesday evening. According to the election commission, a total of 53.51 voter turnout was recoreded till 6 pm, informed the Election Commission of India.
Bihar Election 2020 latest news: The 31-year-old leader has repeatedly targeted Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over issues of unemployment and migrant crisis during campaigning for the ongoing Bihar Assembly elections.
Bihar polls second phase candidates: Notable among the candidates is the RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, and RJD turncoat Chandrika Rai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mocked Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as "double Yuvraj" (two crown princes) while who stood for "jungle raj" and were pitted against the NDA's "double engine" growth which has pulled the state out of lantern age.
Just three days ahead of the Bihar Election phase 2 polling on November 3, Union Minister Ashwini Choubey took a jibe at opposition's Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav saying he can't even spell the word cabinet correctly.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar does not speak on the real issues of the state, Tejashwi Yadav said on Saturday.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said he won't be surprised if RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav becomes the chief minister of Bihar. The Grand Alliance, spearheaded by the RJD and with the Congress and Left parties as its members, has already announced Tejashwi as its CM candidate.
Nitish Kumar said that the RJD in its 15 years tenure provided jobs to only 95,000 people while the successive Janata Dal (United) governments employed over six lakh people.
In a stinging attack on the Opposition RJD in Bihar and the party's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the voters of the state to beware of the "yuvraaj" (crown prince) of "jungle raj".
One person was killed and six others suffered injuries in firing in Munger during the Durga idol immersion. The incident took place on Monday when the crowd had gathered to participate in the event.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: The Bihar polls is being conducted in three phases. While the first phase is being held today, the the second phase of polling for 94 seats will take place on November 3. The third phase of polling for the remaining 78 constituencies will be conducted on November 7. The results will be announced on November 10.
The polling for Bihar elections 2020 began at 7 am on Wednesday. Ahead of the start of the polling, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that people should vote to ring in a change in this election.
Bihar Election Phase 1 poll Live Updates: Polling in 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar in the first phase of three-phase elections which took place amid tight security and COVID-19 guidelines, has ended. A voter turnout of 54 per cent has been recorded, with CEC saying that the number may rise further.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020, first of the total three phase poll, is set to take place today. The election in the first phase will take place across 71 constituencies with more than 2 crore voters who will decide the fate of 1,066 candidates.
Confident of the 'Mahagathbandhan' getting two-thirds majority in the upcoming assembly election in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said providing jobs to unemployed youth would be a top priority for him and his government will also bring a legislation in the first assembly session to nullify the "anti-farmer" laws brought by the Centre.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took a jibe on Nitish Kumar's comment on Rabri Devi and said that by commenting on his family, Nitish Kumar is targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he also has 6 siblings.
Bihar election 2020: Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha said that the grand alliance will register a landslide victory and form the government.
Bihar Assembly election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav is the chief ministerial face of the grand alliance. Addressing a rally in Rohtas, he said that poor used to walk before 'Babu Saheb' with their head held high when Lalu Prasad was in power.
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