A political dispute has arisen in Bihar after RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav accused Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha of holding two voter ID cards, one for each of the Lakhisarai and Bankipur Assembly constituencies.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will set out on the ‘Matdata Adhikar (voters’ rights) Yatra’ in Bihar in three phases covering 30 districts from August 17.
Close circuit television footage at a leading hospital in Patna revealed some men walking in gun in hand and leaving after shooting a convicted criminal on parole. This is the latest incident of violence in Bihar where elections are round the corner and is a reminder to the voters that enough is enough.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accompanied by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav and other allies of the INDIA bloc, led a protest march in Patna on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, alleging that the exercise aimed at disenfranchising marginalised voters ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled later this year.
