As Bihar heads into a heated two-phase assembly election on November 6 and 11, the political scene saw a day of rapid developments on Thursday — from the Election Commission’s strong defence of its voter roll revision to the NDA completing its candidate lists, while the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) remains mired in seat-sharing talks. Tej Pratap Yadav filed his nomination amid family tensions, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took direct aim at the opposition over the burqa voter verification controversy. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally declared all its candidates for the 243-member Bihar Assembly, with both JD(U) and BJP announcing 101 seats each. Other allies, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awami Morcha

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