Patna, Oct. 6 – After the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the Bihar Assembly elections, opposition leaders got loud in their support for a quick change.
Tejashwi Yadav, who leads the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and is the Leader of the Opposition, said on Monday that if he gets a chance, he can finish in 20 months what the NDA government has failed to achieve in 20 years. He called the new dates a “second chance” for voters after two decades of what he calls “custodial” rule.
“We’ll finish what the NDA could not in two decades in less than two years if we win,” Yadav told . “The people of Bihar want change: better schools, healthier lives, honest farmers and no corruption. The date of November 14 will show that history has changed.”
Other politicians joined the call for reform.
MP Pappu Yadav, also a RJD leader, slammed the ECI, saying the party is under BJP influence and that special buses around Chhath Puja are used to sway voters. “The metro is not even ready, yet they want to open it,” he added.
Samajwadi Party’s S.T. Hasan stressed that elections must be free and fair and that a single‑phase vote would test the ECI’s integrity. Ravidas Mehrotra predicted the INDIA bloc would take power after the two‑phase vote.
Congress figures were optimistic. State President Ajay Rai called Bihar a land of change and said the wave would spread across India. Ravinder Sharma echoed that the party is prepared and ready for a clean election.
Election logistics
The elections will run in two phases on Nov. 6 and Nov. 11, with results announced on Nov. 14. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called them the “mother of all elections” and assured voters of a smooth, law‑and‑order–focused vote.
Bihar will celebrate its first post‑revision election on the 7.43 crore voters listed after a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), adding 1.4 million new voters. Parties can still request roll corrections up to ten days before nominations are filed.
A new observer system will place a dedicated election observer in each of the 243 constituencies, instead of the previous model where one observer covered several seats. The panel also plans to fight fake news at the district level.
The assembly’s 48‑month term ends on Nov. 22. The next assembly will take office after this election cycle. The previous 2020 elections were held in three phases; now the focus is on a single‑phase, clean contest.
Source: ianslive
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