Bihar assembly election phase 1: Days of campaigning, jibes and announcements have led to today when voters across 121 constituencies will press the buttons on EVMs choosing the candidate who will represent them in the 243-seat assembly for the next five years. The current Bihar assembly completes its tenure on Nov 22, and a fresh assembly has to be in place before that.

The run-up to the elections began with the fiery controversy over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in June. The poll panel decided to conduct an overhaul of the voter roll in the poll-bound state, triggering a massive row that totally changed the ground of elections in Bihar.

What earlier used to be fought on critical issues, became a Constitutional face-off with the top

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