On this Special Report, the focus is on the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, with campaigning heating up for the next round. Key figures like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi are on the campaign trail for the NDA and Mahagathbandhan respectively. The Prime Minister has posted on social media platform X, saying ‘the tremendous enthusiasm of the people in Bihar during the Grand Festival of Democracy indicates that the NDA is poised to secure an unprecedented majority in the Assembly elections’. While PM Modi campaigns in regions like Araria and Bhagalpur, Priyanka Gandhi is focusing her efforts in Saran, a crucial district for the Mahagathbandhan. The programme delves into the high-profile contest in Chapra, where the RJD has fielded Bhojpuri superstar Khesari Lal Yadav to wrest back what is considered Lalu Prasad Yadav’s legacy seat from the BJP. The report also analyses the importance of women voters, who are turning out in large numbers and could be a decisive factor.