Bihar election LIVE: Days of 'lantern' over, Modi hits out at Lalu Prasad

PM Modi will address three rallies at Dehri-on Sone (Rohtas district), Gaya and Bhagalpur to seek support for NDA nominees. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on Bihar election 2020 campaigns

Bihar election 2020 live updates: With less than five days left for Bihar to enter the first phase of Assembly elections 2020, the political temperature in the state is set to soar substantially. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a stinging attack on the RJD-led opposition, blaming the "anarchy and bad governance of the 1990s" for most of the ills that plagued the state even now.

Rahul Gandhi is also slated to launch his campaign in Bihar elections. He will address two rallies Friday -- at Hisua in Nawada and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the chief ministerial face of the Mahagathbandhan, is likely to join Gandhi at Hisua.

Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman released BJP's manifesto for the Bihar polls on Thursday. It promised among other things free coronavirus vaccine for every person in the state.

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BJP wants to retire Nitish Kumar, induct its own CM in Bihar: Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said that BJP and RSS are planning to have their own chief minister in Bihar and retire Nitish Kumar.

 

"The praises were so much that he did not say anything on LJP. PM didn't mention LJP. He's trying to ride two horses at once and wants to rule Bihar on one of them. He's released an election manifesto pledging 19 lakh jobs in one year; a clear indication that BJP wants their CM in Bihar and retire Nitish Kumar. BJP and RSS are working to achieve this," Owaisi told ANI when asked about PM Modi's praising Kumar in a public rally in Bihar.

 

When asked about BJP's manifesto promising free COVID-19 vaccine in Bihar, Owais said. "PM could have told that as per the Consitution everyone's life is same whether that person is from Bihar, Gujarat or Uttar Pradesh. So what kind of politics the Prime Minister is doing that only after getting power in the state, the vaccine will be provided."

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For how long will PM Modi keep Bihar from 'special status', asks Tejashwi

Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed his first election rally in poll-bound Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav attacked him for not giving 'special state' status category to Bihar.

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Will PM Modi show courage to announce special status for Bihar, asks Congress

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Modi, Rahul clash in battleground Bihar, weaponise Article 370

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kicked off their campaign in battleground Bihar on Friday and went for  each other's jugular over the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh, both crying "insult" to soldiers and their families

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PM "insulted" soldiers when he said nobody intruded into Ladakh: Rahul

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BJP's use of Covid-19 vaccine as election sop political immorality, says Anand Sharma

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Moily slams BJP for vaccine promise in Bihar poll manifesto

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Friday termed as "election stunt" the BJP's promise of free Covid-19 vaccine in its Bihar poll manifesto and alleged that the saffron party was focused on garnering votes with "fake promises"

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Parties standing against NDA opposing decisions for growth of country: PM Modi

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PM 'insulted' soldiers, did not help migrants: Rahul Gandhi in Bihar

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having "insulted" the soldiers with his comment that nobody had intruded into Indian territory in Ladakh, and also alleged that his government did not help the migrant workers from Bihar during the lockdown.

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NDA will form government in Bihar: Anurag Thakur

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday claimed that the NDA would form a government in Bihar and the "so-called alliance" of opposition parties would be defeated badly

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Ahead of Bihar polls, Cong demands White Paper on demonetisation

Just five days ahead of the first phase of elections to the Bihar Assembly, the Congress on Friday again raked up the 2016 demonetisation, dubbing it "notebadli and not notebandi" and demanding a White Paper by the Centre on the issue

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For how long will the PM keep Bihar from the Special State status category, asks Tejashwi Yadav

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Chirag Paswan thanks Modi for his homage to Ram Vilas

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to late Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan at a Bihar rally on Friday, the latter's son Chirag Paswan said he become emotional and thanked him for the gesture

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PM Narendra Modi, CM Nitish Kumar broke backbone of farmers, medium and small businesses: Rahul Gandhi at Bihar poll rally

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'Didnt know 19 was a smaller number than 10': Chidambaram on BJP's 1.9 million jobs promise in Bihar

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday took a dig at the BJP for "mocking" RJD over its 1 million jobs promise and then itself talking about creating 1.9 million jobs in its Bihar election manifesto, saying he did not know that 19 was a smaller number than 10.