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PATNA: Heat and particulate of cheek-by-jowl rallies fused with warfare of words connected societal media arsenic campaigning ended Tuesday for the archetypal signifier of Bihar polls connected Nov 6 successful 121 of its 243 assembly seats.
More than 3.75 crore electors are expected to formed their votes astatine 45,341 polling stations to determine the destiny of 1,314 candidates.As campaigning concluded astatine 6pm, governing NDA and INDIA bloc-led absorption near nary chromatic unturned to scope retired to voters. Union curate Amit Shah addressed 3 rallies, defence curate Rajnath Singh five, BJP president JP Nadda 2 and person of absorption successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi three.
PM Narendra Modi interacted with authorities BJP women workers virtually, and CM Nitish Kumar addressed meetings, arsenic did INDIA bloc's CM look Tejashwi Yadav of RJD.
Adding to BJP's blitz, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta and erstwhile Union curate Smriti Irani joined the campaign.Prominent seats successful this signifier see Raghopur, wherever Tejashwi is hoping for a hat-trick; Mahua, wherever Tejashwi's elder member and ex-minister Tej Pratap Yadav is trying his luck with a caller outfit; & Tarapur, from wherever lawman CM Samrat Choudhary of BJP is successful the fray.
Other cardinal seats are Alinagar, wherever vocalist Maithili Thakur is the BJP nominee. In Lakhisarai, different lawman CM, Vijay Kumar Sinha, is trying to prevention his fort. Mokama has successful the fray Anant Kumar Singh of JDU, a don-turned-politician precocious jailed implicit the execution of Jan Suraaj protagonist Dular Chand Yadav. Chhapra has a melodramatic duel too, with RJD fielding Bhojpuri movie prima Khesari Lal Yadav against Chhoti Kumari of the BJP, who has won the spot 3 times earlier.Away from the raucous roadshows and rallies, the run is besides being waged from soundless "war rooms" - societal media hubs acceptable up by parties to scope retired to voters, particularly youths and Gen Z. Operating 24x7, these hubs are the unsung architects of electoral fortunes, blending AI-driven elector profiling with old-school booth management.BJP's warfare country is led by Rohan Gupta, a seasoned strategist from BJP's nationalist IT cell.
His squad comprises astir 150 volunteers. From crafting viral slogans similar "2025, Phir Se Nitish" to coordinating Nitish Kumar's projection arsenic the alliance's face, each determination is data-driven. "Mission 225", bid centre of JDU, posts contented focused connected Nitish's achievements, remixed into Bhojpuri reels, highlighting liquor bans & women quotas. "We indispensable stay progressive connected the internet, supply a beardown effect to each allegation from absorption and item our achievements," JDU spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said.RJD's "war room" aims to triumph Bihar with a premix of viral memes, elector huddles and rapid-response fire. Led by Manoj Jha, the party's nationalist spokesperson, the squad has 80-100 volunteers.
