Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi during his Bihar rally on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for their mishandling of the pandemic onslaught, economic recession and joblessness. He said that during the coronavirus lockdown, both the centre and state government did not come to the aid of labourers, migrant ...

 Election Commission of India shows figures indicating voter turnout of 44.07% in second phase of Bihar’s State Assembly elections. Polling commenced at 7 am for the 94 assembly seats across Bihar’s 17districts on Tuesday as a part of the second phase. Covid-19 precautionary measures had been ensured by authorities for the people. Prime Minister Narendra ...

The ongoing campaigning war in Bihar ahead of the elections showed how most of the political parties ignored Supreme Court’s orders pertaining to electoral reforms. In February, 2020 the country’s apex court gave directions to political parties to discourage giving tickets to candidates with criminal case filed against them. Besides SC made it mandatory for ...

The Election Commission ruled that the promise of free vaccines for all made by the BJP as part of its manifesto in Bihar is not a poll violation. In response to a complaint filed by a private citizen, the Election Commission of India was looking to the validity of the poll promise of free coronavirus ...

On Wednesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s estranged daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, entered the scene of Bihar elections by campaigning for Yadav’s rival and Janta Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar. Rai, who was married to RJD leader’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, split from the family on account of domestic violence. Her divorce case ...

An analysis of the criminal antecedents of candidates being fielded in Bihar assembly elections shows that parties don’t care about reforming the electoral system. Bihar goes to polls in three phases starting October 28. As part of a regular democratic exercise, Bihar Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of ...

The home minister, newly recovered from the coronavirus, gave back to back interviews in which revealed a new, softer side. Back after a long stint at the hospital due to the coronavirus, Amit Shah has been making a string of appearances in the press, just in time for the assembly elections in Bihar. But this ...

With assembly elections in Bihar scheduled to take place later this year, political parties in the state have ramped up their efforts to attract voters. However, amid the Coronavirus pandemic, it is likely that the state will witness a mix of both physical and virtual campaigning by political parties. It is important to note that ...

On Friday nine opposition parties met in Delhi opposing the plan of Election Commission to hold only digital campaigning ahead of Bihar Assembly elections as a part of the Covid-19 precautionary measure. This development was an aftermath of EC’s U-turn on its decision to extend postal ballot facility for voters aged above 65 years. The ...

The party, which has always been a trendsetter when it comes to the use of technology in political campaigns, has big plans for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. With COVID-19 and social distancing norms, political rallies don’t seem to on the agenda any time soon. But elections must go on and parties are preparing ...