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How will elections be held in Bihar amid pandemic, Sanjay Raut asks

Raut said though the poll dates were duly announced as the term of the Bihar assembly is about to end, "the question is, has Covid-19 ended"

Congress welcomes announcement of Bihar Assembly elections schedule

The Congress on Friday welcomed the announcement of the schedule of the Bihar assembly election and said the dates will bring freedom from misgovernance in the state which is under BJP-JD(U) rule

Polling for 8 Bihar Legislative Council seats on October 22, says ECI

The Election Commission on Friday announced that the biennial elections for eight legislative council seats in Bihar will be held on October 22

Gohil welcomes Bihar poll dates announcement, says NDA govt will be ousted

Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil on Friday welcomed the announcement of dates for Bihar assembly polls and said people of the state want to get rid of NDA government

NDA will win 220 seats in Bihar, Mahagathbandhan is in disarray: Hussain

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said that the NDA will win at least 220 seats out of total 243 seats in the Bihar assembly polls

AIMIM to contest Bihar Assembly polls in alliance with SJD: Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday announced that his party will contest Bihar Assembly polls in alliance with Devendra Prasad Yadav's Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic)

Nitish Kumar confident of win; unveils part-II of development initiative

Nitish Kumar welcomed the Assembly poll schedule and said that if people give him another chance on the basis of his work, he would take up more developmental programmes in the state

Bihar elections to be held in three phases; counting on November 10

The ruling NDA in the politically-crucial state will face a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance

Decision to hold Bihar elections amid pandemic a leap of faith: CEC

Arora also said the decision to hold the elections in the state, where the term of the assembly ends on November 29, is "a leap of faith and not a leap in the dark"

Bihar elections: Parties to have rallies with social distancing norms

Political parties can hold rallies as part of their campaigning for the Bihar assembly polls and the grounds where such meetings will be held will have white circles to ensure distancing norms.

Over 7 cr single-use gloves for Bihar voters in polls amid Covid-19

In August, EC had issued broad guidelines for holding elections during the pandemic under which voters were to be provided with gloves to press EVM button and sign the register at polling stations

Bihar assembly elections to take place in 3 phases, results on November 10

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will fight for a fourth term in these elections, leading the National Democratic Alliance in partnership with the Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Commission likely to announce Bihar Assembly poll dates today

The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for Bihar Assembly elections 2020

Ex-Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey quits job, dismisses plan to fight election

Pandey said his VRS should not be linked with the Rajput case as the decision has nothing to do with the case

Next Bihar polls to be fought on basis of work done by Modi-Nitish: Rudy

BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday said the Rs 1.70-lakh crore package announced by PM Narendra Modi for Bihar has been implemented successfully

All not well in Grand Alliance, says RLSP; Kushwaha hints at possible exit

All is not well in the Grand Alliance in poll-bound Bihar, its key constituent Rashtriya Lok Samata Party asserted and dropped ample hints that a possibility of exit from the opposition coalition

Ex-DGP Gupteshwar Pandey yet to decide on contesting Bihar elections

Former Bihar DGP Bihar Gupteshwar Pandey said that he is yet to decide on contesting the state assembly elections and has not taken any advantage of death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput

Bihar elections: Local BJP cadres to decide party's candidates for seats

Block to State-level party cadres have been given the option to provide three names, for the voting to be held through secret ballot, for choosing the Assembly seat candidate

Bihar elections 2020: Jitan Ram Manjhi blames RJD regime for job scarcity

Jitan Ram Manjhi admitted that job scarcity was a major issue in the poll-bound state and held the 15-year Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) rule between 1990 and 2005 responsible for the same

Bihar polls: EC to take decision soon to visit state, says CEC Arora

The Election Commission would take a decision in the next few days to visit Bihar where elections are likely to be held later this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, CEC Sunil Arora said