Election Commission To Announce Bihar Assembly Polls Schedule Today

The polls are expected to be held in fewer phases than 2020 as NDA and opposition parties have asked for the same.

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00:00the election commission is expected to announce the dates for the Bihar Assembly polls on Monday

00:12evening the main contest is shaping up between two familiar rivals the Mahagat Bandhan or the

00:20Grand Alliance led by the Rashtriya Janata dal with the Congress as a major constituent and the

00:26ruling NDA which brings together the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JDU among others

00:36however smaller parties like Prashad Kishore's newly formed Jan Suraj party are also in the fray which

00:43claims it is focused on systemic change not just a new government we are going to propose a new

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01:21The BJP says it is focused on development and is banking on what it claims are its achievements in power.

01:51Its ally the Janata Dal United says the bigger goal is to secure for Bihar the tag of a developed state within the next five years.

02:21The BJP says that the BJP has been in the last 20 years.

02:29It is a great deal for me.

02:31The BJP has been in the last 20 years.

02:37The BJP has been in the last 20 years.

02:43The BJP has been in the last 20 years.

02:47On the other side, the RJD insists people are tired of the Nitish Kumar-led government

03:06and are looking for change.

03:07They claim the state's youth are firmly behind Tejasvi Yadav, whom they see as the next chief minister.

03:17Which is the moment for the 17 months, people who have worked for the Mahara.

03:25To change the government's youth, the government is a government.

03:3120 years ago, the young people are in need of power, the children are in need of power, the people are in need of power.

03:38They want to be in need of power, and the rest of the whole of Mahara is in need of power.

03:44The election commission will soon announce dates for the eagerly awaited Bihar polls which

03:52are likely to be held after the Chhat festival in the last week of October.

03:58A keen contest awaits the state whose citizens are often called the most politically aware

04:04in the country.

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