While Narendra Modi addresses rally after rally in Bihar, Shatrughan Sinha has been left out of the BJP's campaign.

'For the BJP, development is nothing more than a jumla,' says Tejaswi Yadav.

Now, that's how desperately Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to win Bihar. M I Khan reports from Patna

Even as Narendra Modi began his hectic day of campaigning in poll-bound Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was the first to fire a salvo on Thursday when he dared the prime minister to break his silence on reservation for Dalits and Other Backward Classes.

The Musahars, still regarded as 'untouchables' in the state, usually hunt rats for food in the paddy fields.

"We will ban cow slaughter in Bihar if the BJP comes to power," former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday played the sons of the soil card when he claimed that bahri (outsiders) were seeking people's support during the upcoming elections.

Campaigning has reached a fervent pitch in Bihar with senior political leaders wooing the voters, one last time before the state goes to the polls.

Amid raging controversy over the lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh earlier this week over rumours that his family stored and consumed beef, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday asked people to shun beef for it was not good for health and caused many diseases.

'Nitish's claims of development are false. He has only helped corrupt officials.' 'I want to remind Lalu that this is not the 1990s. This is 2015.' 'I am a bahubali for those looting society.'

In a bid to woo voters, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday promised laptops for students, colour televisions for Dalit and Mahadalit families, two-wheelers for girls and dhoti-sari for poor families annually if it wins the Bihar assembly polls and forms the next government.

'The Election Commission has to deal with money power, intimidation tactics and caste politics.'

Subhash Yadav and Sadhu Yadav, who were powerful faces during the 15-year Lalu-Rabri rule, are now working towards ensuring that Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and his sons face defeat in the forthcoming Bihar elections.

The BJP-led NDA leaders have attacked RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for his statement that Bihar assembly polls is a fight between 'backward versus forward' forces.

In a rare protest, an angry Bharatiya Janata Party leader used donkeys to register his protest after being denied a ticket for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

"The RJD will field Lalu's two sons to formally launch their political careers," a spokesperson said.

"The RJD will field Lalu's two sons to formally launch their political careers," a spokesperson said.

Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi talks about the Bihar polls with M I Khan/Rediff.com

The various meat bans across the country are an attempt to attack civil liberties, says civil rights activist Kavita Srivastava.

Sons-in-laws of prominent politicians are rising against their in-laws, observes M I Khan