Bihar Assembly News Headlines

Over 30 per cent of 1,064 candidates in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday exuded confidence that the Grand Alliance, involving his party and the RJD, will form the government in Bihar after the upcoming assembly elections.

The Bihar elections will be held in three phases, with the first taking place on October 28, the second on November 3 and the third on November 7, while counting of votes will take place on November 10, the Election Commission announced in September.

Masqoor Ahmed Usmani, Congress candidate from Jale constituency for Bihar polls never aligned with Jinnah's ideology, said party's General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday. This comes a day after Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Giriraj Singh said that the grand old party and mahagathbandhan need to tell that whether they support Jinnah's ideology.

Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Friday trained his guns at the Congress-RJD alliance in poll-bound Bihar, alleging a sympathiser of Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been fielded from Jale seat and sought to know whether both the parties support the ideology of Pakistan's founder. The Congress has given ticket to Maskoor Ahmad Usmani to contest Bihar polls from Jale assembly segme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 12 rallies in Bihar where the three-phase assembly election will begin on October 28. Addressing a press conference on Friday, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said the prime minister will address the first set of rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur on October 23. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other leaders of the NDA constituent partie

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 While the main contest remains between Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav there are several other candidates who are in the CM s race

Ahead of Bihar Assembly elections 2020 Union Home Minister Amit Shah sought to clear the confusion being created by Chirag Paswan and asserted that JDU s Nitish Kumar will be NDA s CM face in Bihar

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Paswan who termed himself the Hanuman of Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he respects the prime minister because he was the only one to call him when his father Ram Vilas Paswan died

Over the last few days, Chirag Paswan has been hailing the BJP and its senior leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, while also attacking Janata Dal (United) president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Senior BJP leader and partys Bihar poll in-charge Devendra Fadnavis said the PM will address the first set of rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur on October 23. Chief minister Nitish Kumar and other NDA leaders will also attend PMs rallies, he said at a press conference.

BJP leader Giriraj Singh had alleged that Congress Jale candidate Maskoor Usmani supported Jinnah s ideology and asked the party if they also supported the Pakistan founder