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Three-time Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has hinted at his political retirement on the last day of the Bihar election campaign. While addressing a rally in Purnia district, he announced that the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 will be his last elections.
The Bihar Assembly Election phase-I is underway in 243 seats of 71 assembly constituencies in 16 districts. More than 2 crore voters in Bihar will decide the fate of 1,066 candidates today.
Rashtriya Janta Dal Chief supremo and ex-Bihar CM Lalu Prasad, who was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in 2018, convicted within the Fodder Scam, is barred from contesting the polls but still has 8.3% share of the voters who prefer him as the CM.
The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced that 7 lakh hand sanitizers, 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh face shields, 23 lakh pairs of hand gloves arranged for the safety of voters.
Ahead of Bihar elections, PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate projects worth ₹ 16,000 crore in the state of Bihar over upcoming 10 days. The announcement comes when Bihar Legislative Assembly election is around the corner. The elections will be held in October.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking postponement of the Bihar Assembly Elections due to COVID-19 pandemic and floods happening in the state. The Bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah declined to entertain the petition, terming it as "premature" and "misconceived".
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