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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is acceptable to denote the docket for the Bihar assembly elections and bypolls successful prime states astatine 4 p.m. today. The announcement comes aft the canvass assemblage conducted a two-day reappraisal of preparedness successful Bihar, gathering governmental parties and enforcement agencies to guarantee free, fair, and creaseless elections.The electoral conflict is expected to beryllium mostly a nonstop contention betwixt the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by main curate Nitish Kumar, and the Mahagathbandhan, spearheaded by the Tejashwi Yadav of
Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) Tejash. The 243-member Bihar Assembly presently has 131 NDA seats and 111 Mahagathbandhan seats.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar Confirms Bihar Assembly Polls To Be Held Before November 2025
ECI reviews caller initiatives
On Sunday, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced that 17 caller initiatives person been implemented for the Bihar polls.
Speaking astatine a property league successful Patna, helium said, “Seventeen caller initiatives person been successfully implemented successful Bihar; immoderate volition beryllium implemented successful the behaviour of elections, and immoderate successful counting.”Highlighting improvements successful elector database management, the CEC said, “Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are liable for preparing the elector list. In Bihar, determination is an ERO successful each of the 243 assembly constituencies.
Together, they, on with 243 EROs and 90,207 BLOs, completed the task of cleansing the elector database aft astir 22 years.”Other measures see doubling remuneration for BLOs, BLO supervisors, polling and counting staff, CAPF, monitoring teams, and micro-observers. Provision of honorarium has besides been extended to EROs and AEROs for the archetypal time, on with enhanced refreshments. Mobile telephone deposit counters extracurricular polling stations and colour photographs of candidates connected EVMs are among different reforms.
The CEC added, “Hundred percent webcasting volition beryllium carried retired successful each booth during the Bihar polls.
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Political parties question phased elections post-Chhath
During its visit, the ECI met with representatives of nationalist and authorities parties, including AAP, BSP,
BJP
, CPI(M), Congress, NPP, CPI(ML), JD(U), LJP, RJD, and RLJP, seeking suggestions to guarantee maximum elector participation. Party representatives urged holding elections aft Chhath, Bihar’s astir important festival, and successful minimal phases.JD(U) Bihar president Umesh Singh Kushwaha said, “We person urged the ECI to behaviour elections successful a azygous signifier and conscionable close aft Chhath Puja truthful that radical surviving extracurricular the authorities tin besides formed their vote.” BJP Bihar main Dilip Jaiswal said, “We person besides called for marches of paramilitary forces successful backward areas to marque definite radical are astatine ease.”The last electoral roll, published connected September 30, lists 7.42 crore electors compared to 7.89 crore arsenic of June 24. The NDA presently holds 131 seats (BJP 80, JD(U) 45, HAM(S) 4, 2 Independents), portion the Mahagathbandhan holds 111 seats (RJD 77, Congress 19, CPI(ML) 11, CPI(M) 2, CPI 2).Political enactment has intensified crossed Bihar, with parties trading charges and ramping up campaigns up of the high-stakes elections.
