Bihar Election 2025 LIVE: All Star Show In Bihar Today, BJP Gave Nothing But Speeches To Bihar Youth: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress on Sunday hit back at the NDA’s repeated warnings of a return to “jungle raj” if the opposition regains power in Bihar, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of presiding over widespread paper leaks, unemployment, displacement and a spike in violent crimes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are holding roadshows in Patna “on the same streets where young people were lathi-charged almost every month for demanding jobs and fair recruitment exams,” said Jairam Ramesh.

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Wait for the polling to be over to see Congress and RJD fighting, says PM while addressing a rally in Nawada, Bihar. "Congress wants to defeat RJD," says Modi adding that "RJD, Congress care about just two families; one most corrupt in Bihar, another most corrupt in country."

While addressing his second rally of the day in Nawada, the PM said that he helped open bank accounts for small farmers who have been ignored since Independence.

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While addressing a public rally in Khagaria, Fadnavis said, "'Shehzade Rahul Gandhi', with whom RJD has joined hands, is making fun of 'Chhathi maiya' in Bihar."

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Addressing a public gathering in Khagaria, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, "CM Nitish Kumar and PM Modi say they want to change Bihar, and they have in fact changed Bihar and made the state's youth labourers. What did they give the youth of Bihar? They only give speeches and think of ways to benefit Ambani and Adani.."

He added that Ambani's wedding was for everyone to see, "and you must have seen Modi ji attending the wedding. However, did you see Rahul Gandhi there? No, because I am yours and I want to work for you all."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends and addresses a public rally in Nawada, Bihar. This is his second rally of the day.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday said, "We condemn the Mokama incident. Investigation is underway. However, who is behind the incident that happened in Dumra with us?"

He added that the Election Commission should take strict action against such incidents. "Mahagathbandhan must stop hooliganism."

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being “scared” of US President Donald Trump and “remote controlled” by big business interests.

Gandhi made the remarks while addressing an election rally in Bihar’s Begusarai district.

"Having a huge chest does not make you strong. Just look at Mahatma Gandhi, who had a frail build but took on the British, who were the superpowers of the time," he said.

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During poll campaign, CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav  in Mokama, said, "What NDA failed to do in 20 years, we will do it in 20 months. My fight is against poverty, corruption, and unemployment."

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While campaigning for Bihar's assembly elections, Home Minister Amit Shah said, "PM Modi has chalked out scheme to ensure water from Koshi, Ganga, Gandak rivers reaches farmers' fields for irrigation."

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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi waded into a pond in Begusarai to take part in a traditional fish-catching activity.

He was joined by VIP chief and Mahagathbandhan’s deputy chief ministerial candidate Mukesh Sahani, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar, and several others.

In a rally in Bihar’s Arrah, Modi accused the RJD of bringing “Jungle Raaj” and appeasement politics to the state and said the Congress’s history was linked to the 1984 Sikh genocide.

“This was on November 1st and 2nd in 1984. Today is also November 2nd. The members of the Congress party carried out the Sikh genocide in Delhi and many other parts of the country on November 1st and 2nd of 1984. Even today, Congress is giving new positions to the perpetrators of the Sikh genocide within its party with full respect. They are promoting them. Be it Congress or RJD, they have no remorse for their sins,” he said.

Speaking at a public rally in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Congress-RJD are experts in disrespecting our faith. RJD leader called Mahakumbh ‘faaltu’, while the Congress ‘naamdar’ termed Chhath Mahaparv as 'drama'. Those who disrespect Chhath must be punished by you so severely that no one dares to repeat it again.”

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Speaking at a rally in Begusarai, LoP Rahul Gandhi said that if INDIA-bloc forms a government in Bihar, it will be a government for all, not for any particular caste.

He alleged hat the PM is asking youth to watch reels as he wants to divert attention so that they don't raise questions on unemployment.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “Viksit Bihar is the foundation of Viksit Bharat,” adding that his vision of a developed Bihar centres on industrial growth and creating employment opportunities for its youth. “Your dreams are our resolve,” he said, expressing confidence that “this time, the people of Bihar will ensure that NDA wins the elections with a record margin.” He added that “the leaders of ‘Jungle Raaj’ will set a record for the most crushing defeat.”

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On November 2, the Prime Minister in a rally in Arrah said, “Ye jo Dilli mein baith kar ganit karte hain aur badi-badi tasveerein nikaalte hain, wo yahan aakar dekhein hawa ka rukh kya hai...”

"Those sitting in Delhi, doing their calculations and drawing up grand projections, should come here and see which way the wind is actually blowing..."

While addressing a public rally in Arrah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it is NDA's resolve that the youth of Bihar will work in Bihar and make a name for it.

"For this, we have promised to provide 1 crore employment opportunities in the coming days. This isn’t just an announcement - we have presented a concrete plan to make it happen.”

On Sunday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Begusarai said that Mahagathbandhan will provide the best education in Bihar if elected into power.

"I give this personal guarantee to you that the day the INDIA alliance comes to power in the centre, we will open a university as good as Nalanda University. We will open such a university where students from across the world will come and take admission..."

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Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that Lalu Yadav is trying to make his son the Chief Minister of Bihar, and Sonia Gandhi wants to make her son the Prime Minister. "But both posts are not vacant. The people of Bihar will once again bless the Nitish-Modi-led NDA for stability and development.”

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a rally in Bihar said that if NDA is voted to power, the government will make Bihar flood-free. He added that mega food park will be set up in Muzaffarpur with Rs 20,000 crore investment.

While addressing a rally in Muzaffarpur on November 2, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “If Lalu’s son becomes the Chief Minister of Bihar, three new departments will be created - one for kidnapping, one for extortion, and one for murder.”

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "...Lalu ji and Sonia ji do not care about the nation. Lalu ji wants to make his son the Chief Minister and Sonia ji wants to make his son the Prime Minister. Their wish will never get fulfilled as Nitish Kumar is the CM of Bihar and NarendraModi is the PM of the nation..."

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CEC Gyanesh Kumar said the Bihar polls reflected the vibrancy of democracy, with “every political party contesting and appealing to voters in its own way.” He reiterated that for the Election Commission, there is “no ruling party or opposition. All are equal.”

Appealing to the electorate, he urged voters to treat the polls as “a festival of elections” and turn out in large numbers. Kumar emphasised the Commission’s “zero tolerance towards violence,” assuring that “no act of violence will be tolerated, and ordinary voters should be able to vote peacefully and transparently, as per their own wishes.”

He added that the Election Commission was “fully prepared” and expressed confidence that the Bihar elections would “set an example not only for transparency, but also for efficiency, simplicity, and a festive celebration, not only for India but also for the world.”

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A delegation of foreign diplomats from embassies of the U.K., Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Denmark, B hutan and South Africa began a two-day visit to Bihar to observe the BJP’s election campaign and India’s democratic process.

“The visit under the ‘Know BJP’ initiative, launched by party president J P Nadda, is to familiarise the diplomats with the functioning, outreach and organisational strength of the BJP, as well as to provide an on-ground understanding of India’s electoral engagement at the grassroots level,” said Vijay Chauthaiwale, the BJP’s foreign affairs department in-charge.

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Anant Singh, also known as “Chhote Sarkar,” has been a major figure in Mokama politics for the past 20 years. Singh has been an MLA four times. His political career began in 2000, when his brother, Dilip Singh, lost the seat to Surajbhan Singh. Five years later, in 2005, Singh took back the seat. He has been a sitting MLA through successive elections.

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Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal says, "Today Prime Minister Modi is coming to Bhojpur Arrah, where lakhs of people and workers will welcome him. After the Bhojpur Arrah rally, he will go to Nawada and then will do a road show from Dinkar Chowk in Patna at 5 pm..."

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In a post on X, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari claimed that his convoy was attacked during election campaigning in Dumraon in Bihar by workers of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

“Just a short while ago, at the Brahm Baba site in Dumraon Ariyav, when people were welcoming the roadshow with candidate Rahul Singh, some people tried to attack us while chanting RJD slogans. To prevent a confrontation, we sped up the vehicle and left. Why such thuggery by RJD in the campaign?” Tiwari wrote on X

Mahagathbandhan CM face Tejashwi Yadav said, “The way that incident happened, this was bound to happen. Today, the PM is coming, and a father-son duo in Rohtas has been killed - there is ‘maha jungle raj’, but the PM doesn’t see this. We are going to form the government on November 14 and take the oath on November 18. Between November 26 and January 26, irrespective of caste or religion, every criminal will be jailed.”

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Congress leader Pawan Khera says, “The truth of the real ‘jungle raj’ is out in the open. Just before the Prime Minister’s roadshow, this is mere whitewashing - the reality is visible to everyone.”

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On the statement of Mahagathbandhan CM candidate and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Union Minister Chirag Paswan says, "If the government had protected criminals, the action taken last night wouldn't have happened. Our government is clear on one thing, and as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says, we neither frame nor protect anyone. Therefore, this is part of the judicial process... No criminal will be spared; the strictest possible action will be taken... As soon as facts and evidence are found, action will be taken immediately...In our government, we ensure that justice is not delayed... Such arrogance (of Tejashwi Yadav) is not right..."

On the arrest of JDU's Mokama candidate Anant Singh in the Dularchand Yadav murder case, RJD candidate from Mokama Veena Devi says, "...The incident was between two candidates and we have nothing to do with it..."

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with Kanhaiya Kumar and Independent MP Pappu Yadav, are among the party’s 40 star campaigners for the second phase of the Bihar Assembly polls.

AICC in-charge of Bihar Krishna Allavaru, Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram, Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel, Sachin Pilot, Randeep Surjewala and Syed Naseer Hussain, as well as senior leaders Ashok Gehlot, Tariq Anwar, Gaurav Gogoi, Mohammad Jawed and Akhilesh Prasad Singh, are also on the list.

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Bihar today finds itself indeed at the sharp end of a high-stakes contest in which every party has turned to welfare as its central pitch, without anyone dismissing such schemes as “freebies”. Voters face a defining choice: either to reward Nitish with another term for his governance-driven welfare model, or to back Tejashwi and the Mahagathbandhan’s expansive (and “inclusive”) new social promise. The Opposition, as early as July, unveiled a raft of promises, including job creation, stipends for unemployed youth and universal health insurance, setting the tone for a campaign centred on rights, not relief.

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"The Bihar Assembly elections are just a few days away, and we all know that elections are the most visible expression of people’s sovereignty. They are the heartbeat of a republic that lives through periodic renewal—people delegating power through the voting machine. Yet, when elections are stripped of ideology and reduced to a mechanical ritual of numbers, promises, and spectacle, democracy begins to decay from within. It may still look vibrant, but its soul has departed," writes Manoj Kumar Jha.

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Despite the rising crime rate in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar — long celebrated as Sushasan Babu, the engineer who brought order to a lawless state — has managed to preserve the image of a disciplined, pragmatic leader. But the brutal murder of Dularchand Yadav, a locally influential Jan Suraaj Party organiser in Mokama, threatens to undo that legacy.

 The killing has blurred the lines between Nitish Raj and Jungle Raj, reviving old fears and forcing Biharis to question whether good governance was ever more than an image, carefully curated and politically managed.

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Despite women consistently outnumbering men at Bihar polling booths in recent elections, their presence in the state’s electoral fray and the State Assembly has remained disproportionately low. Read Outlook's review of the last five Assembly polls shows only modest progress in women’s political representation here.

With Bihar going to the polls within a week for its assembly elections, both the BJP-led NDA alliance and the INDIA bloc have made tall promises in their 2025 election manifestos. The NDA’s Sankalp Patra and the INDIA bloc’s Tejashwi Pran showcase a rivalry of priorities: one emphasises infrastructure and investment-driven growth, while the other centres on welfare guarantees, education, and job creation.

Promising to create 10 lakh entrepreneurs and one crore ‘Lakhpati’ didis, the NDA has set ambitious growth targets. The Mahagathbandhan, on the other hand, has focused its message on welfare, cash transfers, and social welfare guarantees, including raising reservation quotas and providing one job per household to Bihar’s 2.76 crore homes, as well as increasing in MGNREGA wages.

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The killing of Dularchand Yadav, a Jan Suraaj party supporter in Patna's Mokama, ahead of the Bihar elections, has revived fears of Jungle Raj among the voters even as rival strongmen trade blame. Read full article here.

As the NDA (BJP-JD(U) combine with 132 MLAs) eyes retaining power against the Mahagathbandhan's 75 RJD + 19 Congress seats, the leaders from two parties are engaging in tit-for-tat as the last days of election campaign approaches.

The high-stakes battle for Bihar's 243 Assembly constituencies begins on November 6, phase 2 of voting is on November 11.

Read More: Congress Questions PM Modi's Moral Right To Seek Women's Votes In Bihar Amid Crime Surge

The attack was part of Modi's broader assault on the RJD-Congress 'unnatural alliance' and its 'yuvrajs of corruption'—Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav—came hours after Rahul's 'Chhath drama' jibe at Modi's festival visit, which the PM vowed Bihar would "never forget."

Modi unleashed a sharp 'car loot' barb at the Rashtriya Janata Dal during his Muzaffarpur rally on October 30, evoking memories of rampant vehicle showroom ransackings under the Lalu Prasad Yadav-Rabri Devi regime.

"During RJD's jungle raj, Bihar witnessed 35,000 to 40,000 kidnappings, and showrooms were looted bare— that's your legacy of 'car loot'!" he said.

In Samastipur, the PM took a jibe at the opposition, the Mahagathbandhan, raising questions at their cohesion, saying that the internal disagreements showed it was a "lathbandhan", a tie-up in which partners were beating each other with sticks. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Octobe 24 launched his election campaign in Samastipur, stating that "NDA under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar" will break all previous electoral records in the Bihar Assembly polls.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will also address several public rallies in multiple regions of the poll-bound Bihar on Sunday. Gandhi will address rallies in Begusarai and Khagaria, while Shah will address public rallies in Muzaffarpur and Vaishali.

Read More: Modi To Address Rallies In Bihar On November 2

Modi will be paying floral tributes to Rashtra Kavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar in Patna before the road show.

Elections to the 243-member Bihar Assembly will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11. In the first phase, 121 assembly segments will go to the polls. The results will be out on November 14.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing public rallies today, November 2, and attend a roadshow in Bihar.

With public rallies scheduled in Ara and Nawada, he will later attend a 'mega roadshow' in Patna. This will be the third roadshow in Patna by the PM since last year's Lok Sabha polls.