Patna: Barring a few minor skirmishes, polling for the first phase of election in 121 seats, out of 243 constituencies, remained by and large peaceful. A little over 60% of voters turned out to exercise their franchise, according to EC.

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This included Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, former CMs Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, Mahagatbandhan CM face Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar’s Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and popular teacher-cum-youtuber Khan Sir.

Incidentally, all the top three guns – Nitish, Lalu and Rabri - are not contesting the Assembly polls for different reasons. While Nitish and Rabri are members of the Legislative Council, Lalu has been debarred from contesting any poll following his conviction in the fodder scam.

Nitish, who was on

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