Bihar Elections 2020: EC doubles campaign broadcast time for parties on DD & AIR

Ahe of Bihar elections, Election Commission of India (EC), doubled brocast/telecast time allotted to each party on Doordarshan and All India Rio (AIR) during campaigning amid ongoing pandemic. As per circular issued by EC, a base time of 90 minutes will be given to each party and ditional time will be allotted as per poll performance of party in 2015 state polls. Bihar will vote in 3 phases - October 28, vember 3, and vember 7, with results being declared on vember 10.

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EC extends party's brocast time

As per circular, parties have been allotted brocast time accordingly -Trinamool (90 minutes), BSP (119 minutes), BJP (427 minutes), CPI (109 minutes), CPI-M (98 minutes), Congress (182 minutes), NCP (97 minutes), NPP (90 minutes), JDU (323 minutes), LJSP (157 minutes), RJD (343 minutes) and RLSP (125 minutes). EC has also mandated that party be given more than 30 minutes in a single session. Parties will be required to submit transcripts and recordings in vance, as per EC guidelines.

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Ram Vilas Paswan more

Taking to Twitter, LJP president and Paswan's son Chirag confirmed that Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan passed away at a hospital in national capital on Thursday. Since last few weeks, veteran political leer hailing from Bihar h been hospitalized. He underwent heart surgery on October 4. He was 74.

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Seat sharing formula

NDA- led by BJP poll-in-charge Devendra Fnavis has faced a revolt from LJP, which has decided to contest separately claiming ideological differences with JD(U). Snubbing m, BJP has reaffirmed Nitish Kumar as its CM candidate and has released its seat-share with JD(U) with BJP keeping 121 seats for itself out of which 11 seats will be given to Mukesh Sahni-led Vikassheel Insaan Party. On or hand, JD(U) will field its candidates in only 115 constituencies whereas Hindustani Awam Morcha has been given go-ahe in 7 seats- Kasba, Makhdumpur, Kutumba, Imamganj, Barachatti, Tikari and Sikandra. LJP has stated that it will t field its candidates against BJP and is open for a post-poll coalition.

Similarly, Mahagathbandhan which saw initial revolt from Congress finally agreed to a 144-70 seat-share formula with Congress,  and three or Communist parties contesting on 29 seats, anuncing Tejashwi Yav as its CM face. BJP, JDU, Congress, RJD, JMM have alrey released ir list of candidates. NDA and Mahagathbandhan face three coalitions -  'Progressive Democratic Alliance' (PDA) - comprising of JAP, AJP, SDP, BMP, and Grand Democratic Secular Front - comprising of AIMIM, RLSP, BSP, SJDD and SBSP.

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