Bihar gears up for crucial elections. Opposition strategists work to counter the ruling NDA. Owaisi’s AIMIM seeks alliance with Lalu Yadav’s RJD. RJD fears AIMIM could split Muslim votes. AIMIM won five seats in 2020, denting opposition prospects. RJD accuses AIMIM of being BJP’s B-team. AIMIM denies the charge and prepares to contest, alliance or not.

Raj Thackeray also advised against recording the video of the incident, saying that let the victim tell that he has been beaten up.

Having led the battle against the three-language component of the National Education Policy, which he calls an attempt at ‘Hindi imposition’ by the BJP, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has welcomed the coming together of the Thackeray cousins.