Bihar Assembly election LIVE: INDIA bloc to release poll manifesto today

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Congress leader and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will join the election campaign in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts on October 29

Updated - October 28, 2025 08:12 am IST

A file image of INDIA bloc leaders LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, party Bihar President Rajesh Kumar, LoP in the state Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, and CPI (ML) General Secretary Dipankar

The INDIA bloc is set to release its election manifesto on Tuesday (October 28, 2025), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav said.

Mr. Yadav said the manifesto will cater to the needs of the youth, farmers, workers, women and senior citizens of Bihar, and lay the way ahead for education, health, and law and order reforms in the State.

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Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will join the election campaign in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts on Wednesday (October 29, 2025).

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday (October 27, 2025) expelled 27 leaders — including two MLAs, four former legislators and an MLC — for anti-party activities and defying the organisation’s ideology in the Bihar assembly elections.

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