New Delhi: Hours after the Election Commission announced the Bihar poll schedule, the state’s political battle lines were drawn. Former deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said Bihar was “eager for change”, while Union home minister and senior (Bhartiya Janata Party) BJP leader Amit Shah asserted that voters would once again choose the “politics of development”.

The contrasting statements capture the core themes of the last state elections of 2025 — change versus continuity. Bihar will vote in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting on November 14.

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