PATNA: Ministers, movie and music stars, and a murder accused. The stage is set, the battle lines drawn. Bihar's political elite - CM hopeful Tejashwi Yadav of RJD, two deputy CMs, and 13 cabinet ministers - brace for a verdict from 3.75 crore voters in the first phase of assembly elections in 121 constituencies on Thursday. A total of 1,314 candidates are in the fray, their fate to be sealed in 45,341 polling stations across 18 districts. Nitish Kumar-led NDA has much at stake: of its 15 ministers in fray, 10 belong to BJP, including deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary (Tarapur) and Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai), and five are from JD(U), including Vijay Kr Choudhary (Sarairanjan) and education minister Sunil Kumar (Bhore). For INDIA bloc's CM face Tejashwi, the contest in Raghopur,

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