Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Priyanka Gandhi accuses CEC Gyanesh Kumar, top EC officials of ‘vote chori’: ‘Shameless, not fulfilling constitutional duties’

Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Live News Update: In a statement issued, the Election Commission (EC) said the first phase of the Bihar polls concluded peacefully, with the "highest-ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent" recorded in the history of the state.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: At an election rally in Bihar, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and SS Sandhu of stealing votes. “They are shameless and aren’t fulfilling their constitutional duties. They have deleted 65 lakh voters’ names in Bihar. Should they be allowed to hide behind their posts? Is it good that they live a peaceful life post-retirement? Should people forget them?” Gandhi asked the people gathered at the rally.

‘Putting katta to their heads’: Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that voters in Bihar were avoiding the RJD-led opposition because they feared that if the INDIA bloc came to power, its government would rule through intimidation, “putting a katta (country-made gun) to their heads.” Addressing a rally in Sitamarhi district ahead of the state elections, the Prime Minister contrasted this with the NDA’s focus on encouraging start-ups, improving education, and promoting growth in areas such as sports.

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Rahul claims ‘vote chori’ in Bihar polls: Claiming that there were reports from Bihar strengthening the evidence of “vote chori”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the main culprits in this “murder of democracy” are the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners who are committing the “biggest treachery against the Constitution”.

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Nov 8, 2025 06:06 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: VVPAT slips found dumped in Samastipur; official suspended

The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday ordered a probe after a large number of VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) slips were found dumped near SR College in Shitalpatti village of Samastipur district, Bihar. The slips were identified as those used during the mock poll conducted before the first phase of voting on Thursday.

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Nov 8, 2025 05:51 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Andhra IT Minister Nara Lokesh to campaign for NDA in Bihar

TDP general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh will campaign for NDA candidates in Bihar on November 9.

The 243-seat Bihar Assembly completed the first phase of its election on November 6, while the second phase is scheduled on November 11.

According to a schedule shared by the TDP, Lokesh will canvas for the NDA coalition in Patna. — PTI

Nov 8, 2025 04:27 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Priyanaka accuses EC top bosses of stealing votes | Watch

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the Election Commissioner and accused CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu of stealing votes. Watch video here:

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Nov 8, 2025 04:07 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Insult to Bihar to say no evidence of Goddess Sita's birth in Sitamarhi; will PM apologise?, Congress asks

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigning in Bihar's Sitamarhi on Saturday, the Congress targeted his government saying it was an insult to Bihar's faith, cultural pride and Mithila's identity to say that there is no historical evidence of Goddess Sita's birth in Sitamarhi.

Posing several questions to the PM just before he reached Bihar, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked whether Modi would publicly apologise before stepping onto the sacred soil of Sitamarhi.

He also accused the prime minister of "step-motherly" treatment and discrimination towards Bihar by not setting up a textile park there and cancelling the Motihari-Shivhar-Sitarmarhi rail link. — PTI

Nov 8, 2025 03:49 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Roadmap ready to establish Bihar as industrial centre, says Shah

A roadmap is ready to establish Bihar as an industrial centre through petroleum refinery and other projects, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally.

Waters from Nepal's rivers, which wreak floods and destruction in Bihar, will be used to irrigate farmers' fields, Shah added.

Nov 8, 2025 03:47 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: 'Rahul, Tejashwi hell-bent to turn Seemanchal into den of infiltrators'

Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Purnea, Katihar and Supaul, Shah alleged that Gandhi and RJD's Tejashwi Yadav were "hell-bent" on making Bihar's Seemanchal region a "den" of infiltrators, and asserted that the Centre will detect and identify every illegal immigrant, delete their names from electoral rolls and deport them.

"Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav are hell-bent on turning the Seemanchal region of Bihar into a den of infiltrators... We will detect and identify every illegal immigrant, delete their names from electoral rolls and deport them to their country," he added.

"If you don't want infiltrators to decide the next CM of Bihar, defeat the RJD-Congress combine that took out a yatra to save them," Shah said, while hitting out at Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'. — PTI

Nov 8, 2025 03:46 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi's 'dukaan' will be shut in Bihar as INDIA bloc will be wiped out in polls: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, stating that his 'dukaan' (shop) will be shut in Bihar as the INDIA bloc will be wiped out in the assembly polls and the NDA would form the government after securing over 160 seats. — PTI

Nov 8, 2025 03:35 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: 'Vote chori' allegation baseless, Rahul Gandhi should approach EC with evidence: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegation of 'vote chori' as "baseless", and said he should approach the Election Commission if he has a complaint with evidence.

Addressing two election rallies in Rohtas district, Singh said Congress was facing a dearth of issues, and that's why Gandhi was levelling such allegations. — PTI

Nov 8, 2025 02:56 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: 'Take the money but don't vote for them': Priyanka Gandhi hits out at BJP

Addressing a public rally in Bhagalpur, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "PM Modi thinks he can get your vote by making false promises and offering you Rs 10,000. It has been their government in Bihar for the last 20 years and they have done nothing for women. They couldn't even provide security. Crimes against women have tripled. They are trying to bribe you with Rs 10,000. Take the money, but don't give them your vote." — ANI

Nov 8, 2025 01:12 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Bihar's Katihar

Addressing a rally in Bihar's Katihar, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi alleged that PM Modi hands over all public sector undertakings to his two corporate friends.

She said that the Congress party is fighting the same battle that Mahatma Gandhi once did.

Nov 8, 2025 12:45 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates | People fear RJD-led oppn will put 'katta' at their heads if it comes to power: Modi in Sitamarhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asserted that voters in Bihar were avoiding the RJD-led opposition because they feared that if the INDIA bloc came to power, its government would rule through intimidation, “putting a katta (country-made gun) to their heads.”

Addressing a rally in district ahead of the state elections, the Prime Minister contrasted this with the NDA’s focus on encouraging start-ups, improving education, and promoting growth in areas such as sports.

-With PTI inputs

Nov 8, 2025 11:44 AM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: PM Modi attacks RJD at Sitamarhi rally, says first phase voter turnout ’65-volt jhatka to jungle raj’

Addressing a rally in Bihar's Sitamarhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised high voter turnout in first phase of Bihar polls, calling it is a 65-volt 'jhatka' to 'jungle raj.

He launched an attack on RJD saying that they want to give 'katta' to people, while the BJP is providing students with computers, footballs, hockey sticks

"We are providing students with computers, footballs, hockey sticks, but RJD talks about giving 'katta' to people," he said.

Nov 8, 2025 11:41 AM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: PM Modi attacks RJD at Sitamarhi rally, says first phase voter turnout '65-volt jhatka to jungle raj'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Bihar's Sitamarhi.

Thanking the people of Bihar, PM Modi said that high voter turnout in first phase of polls is 65-volt 'jhatka' to 'jungle raj

Nov 8, 2025 11:21 AM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates | Final turnout in first phase of Bihar polls 65.08 pc, highest in state's history: EC

The final turnout in the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls is 65.08 per cent, the highest in the state's history, the Election Commission said.

A total of 3.75 crore people were eligible to cast their votes at 45,341 polling stations, including 36,733 in rural areas, on November 6 to decide the electoral fate of 1,314 candidates, of whom 1,192 are men and 122 women.

As per the latest update provided by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Bihar, the "historic" turnout of 65.08 per cent is 7.79 per cent more than the consolidated polling percentage of the previous assembly polls held in 2020, when 57.29 per cent of the electors had cast their votes.

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Nov 8, 2025 10:52 AM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: PM Modi to meet people in Sitamarhi, Bettiah today; will seek blessings before second phase of polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold public meetings in Sitamarhi and Bettiah in Bihar on Saturday to "seek blessings" for immense support in the first phase of Bihar elections.

Announcing it in a post on X, PM Modi said, "My family members, who have taken the resolve of ‘Developed Bihar’, are going to ensure a massive majority for the NDA even in the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections. Amidst this immense support, tomorrow morning around 11 a.m., I will seek the blessings of the people-public in the public meetings in Sitamarhi, and in the afternoon around 1 p.m. in Bettiah."

Nov 8, 2025 10:07 AM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Case registered against 4 people for clicking photos of EVMs, sharing on social media

Cases were registered against 4 people in Bihar for allegedly clicking photos of EVMs during voting and sharing them on social media. These cases were filed in Ara, Gopalganj and Saran, where polling happened in the first phase of the assembly elections on Thursday, they said, PTI reported.

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