Top Bihar Leaders Cast Votes Early As First Phase Of Assembly Polls Begins

Tejashwi Yadav, Giriraj Singh, and other senior politicians exercise their franchise early in the first phase of Bihar elections.

Curated by: Saher Hiba Khan

Updated on: 6 November 2025 10:43 am

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RJD leader and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav and his wife Rajshree Yadav, party leaders and former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi, party MP Misa Bharti and others show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes at a polling station during the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections, in Patna. | Photo: PTI

Summary of this article

Senior leaders including Tejashwi Yadav and Giriraj Singh voted early in Bihar’s first polling phase.
Lalu Prasad, Nitin Nabin, and other key figures also exercised their franchise across districts.
A Vaishali politician drew attention by arriving to vote on a buffalo, urging others to participate.

Several senior political figures, including RJD leader and INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav and Union minister Giriraj Singh, were among the early voters as polling began for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections on Thursday, reported PTI.

Tejashwi Yadav, accompanied by his family members, including RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, cast his vote at a polling station located at the Veterinary College in Patna.

According to PTI, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha and Union minister Giriraj Singh exercised their franchise at their respective polling booths in Lakhisarai. Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, also known as ‘Lalan’, cast his vote in Patna.

State Road Construction Minister Nitin Nabin voted along with his wife, Deepmala Srivastava, at a booth in the Digha assembly constituency of Patna.

Singer-turned-politician Khesari Lal Yadav, contesting from the RJD, voted in Ekma, Saran district, while BJP leader Bikhu Bhai Dalsania also cast his vote early in the day, PTI reported.

In an unusual sight, a politician in Vaishali reached his polling station on a buffalo, urging others to come out and vote.