Patna

CEC Sunil Arora said the poll panel was committed to ensuring free, fair, peaceful, transparent and safe polling in the elections, the first being held amid the pandemic.

A procession of around 50 tractors followed the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader, with his party supporters shouting slogans against the NDA government over the Bills.

Gupteshwar Pandey also said the option of contesting election is open for him, adding he can join the fray on the ticket of any party or as independent candidate.

The top leadership will take feedback from party workers on the political situation in the eastern state, the Bihar BJP chief said.

The hospital, to be built on the lines of another facility set up by the Defence Research and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) in Delhi, will cater to COVID-19 patients in Patna and its adjoining districts.

Ahead of their virtual meeting with the Commission top brass this evening, the parties submitted a memorandum to the poll panel drawing its attention to the coronavirus situation in the state.

Sharing an image of the caved-in portion of the road on his Twitter handle, leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who had inaugurated the Sattarghat bridge on June 16.

Sushil Modi, in an earlier tweet which he deleted, had mentioned "some political parties" instead of naming RJD, which was latched onto by the Congress to claim that he was targeting LJP and that the BJP was giving a raw deal to its ally.

The children in this condition will be prone to drug addiction and trafficking by the criminal elements of the society, involved in illicit activities, the notice said.

In a couple of stinging tweets, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi referred to the "poverty and violence that brought shame to Bihar" while Lalu Prasad was at the helm of affairs.