Bihar Elections 2020 LIVE Updates: Lalu Gets Bail in Fodder Scam Case, But to Stay in Jail; Paswan's Demise Injects More Uncertainty to Polls

In accordance with the seat-sharing formula for the243-member assembly, the JD(U) has got 122 seats but is contesting only 115, leaving the remaining seven for the Hindustani Awam Morcha of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is back in the NDA.

The list of JD(U) candidates for the Bihar assembly elections bears the unmistakable stamp of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has made a sagacious attempt to consolidate his extremely backward castes (EBC) support base while trying to make a dent into RJD's Muslim-Yadav combine. 

The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi headed AIMIM yesterday announced a new front of six parties for the Bihar polls whose chief ministerial candidate will be Upendra Kushwaha. Addressing a press conference in the presence of Owaisi, Kushwaha said the new grouping is named "Grand Democratic Secular Front" whose convenor will be former union minister Devendra Prasad Yadav.

Satya Prakash Singh's joining comes a day after RJD gave nomination to Rama Singh's wife from Mahnar assembly seat in Vaishali district. Before his death on September 13, Raghuvansh Singh had strongly protested induction of Rama Singh, the muscleman- politician who had defeated him from Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 on the LJP ticket.

Raghuvansh Singh's Son Joins JD(U) Ahead Of Bihar Polls | Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's son Satya Prakash Singh yesterday joined JD(U), a day after Lalu Prasad's party gave ticket to wife of don- turned-politician Rama Singh in the assembly elections. Satya Prakash Singh was admitted into JD(U) by its state unit president Basistha Narayan Singh at party headquarters.

Oppn Slams Bihar Govt over Unemployment | Meanwhile, citing reports, the opposition in Bihar attacked the state government over the issue of migrant labourers who returned home during the lockdown and have been unemployed since then. 

Lalu Yadav Gets Bail, But to Stay in Jail | Meanwhile, RJD supremo and former Chief Minister of Bihar, Lalu Yadav, gets bail in the Chaibasa Treasury case by the Jharkhand High Court. The case is related to the fodder scam. However, he will remain in jail as the Dumka treasury case is still pending.

Rebel in BJP | BJP workers are reportedly upset over the seat-sharing deal with the JD(U) for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. According to the deal, JD(U) get seven out of 10 seats in Samastipur District. The miffed workers are now planning to file independent candidate from the Samastipur seat.