Bihar Mandate  

 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar used money, muscle power and trickery but could not stop this 31-year-old. They could not stop the RJD from becoming the single-largest party," Tejashwi Yadav said.
 

Bihar has spoken. Proving the poll pundits completely wrong, voters in Bihar voted in the favour of returning the reins of the state into the hands of the National Democratic Alliance. Margins were tight in the counting of votes which went on till way past midnight. The Mahagathbandhan fought, but fell short, a little too short. Here are 10 things that we learnt from the Bihar mandate.

JDU Bihar unit president Bashistha Narain Singh says Nitish will be CM and BJP will keep its promise.

Bihar will deliver its verdict on November 10 when counting of votes cast in the state assembly elections will be taken up. Ahead of the verdict, Asianet Newsable's Senior Correspondent Mohammed Yacoob caught up with Rashtriya Janata Dal's Secretary Alok Mehta who is confident that the Mahagathbandhan will get majority and that the beginning of NDA's downfall will be from Bihar.

The counting of votes that were polled for the election of a new Bihar government began at 8am on Tuesday. 

Bihar will deliver its verdict on November 10 when counting of votes cast in the state assembly elections will be taken up. Ahead of the verdict, Asianet Newsable's Senior Correspondent Mohammed Yacoob caught up with Rashtriya Janata Dal's Secretary Alok Mehta who is confident that the Mahagathbandhan will get majority and that the beginning of NDA's downfall will be from Bihar. 

Stating that people believe that only NDA government can keep the momentum of development going in Bihar, the PM said: "I am confident that power of double engine will take the state on new heights of development."

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has declared that the 2020 Bihar assembly elections will be the last elections that he will be contesting. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched into the Opposition on the last day of campaigning for phase 2 of Bihar elections.

Speaking exclusively to Asianet, Pilot said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'jungle raj' statement shows his apprehensions about chances of grand alliance's victory in the election.

Voting for 71 seats to decide the fate of 1,066 candidates for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections. 

Terming Nitish Kumar as corrupt, anti-youth, and as the one destroying Bihar, Chirag Paswan reiterated that if elected to power he will launch an investigation into the 'corruption' during the former's tenure.

A look at the major news events coming up today.

IT department serves notice to Congress party after Rs 8 lakh in unaccounted money is seized from the car of an alleged aide of party MLA Mohan Srivastav. Congress party has been quick to claim political witch0hunt ahead of the elections.

Political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo the electorate.