Addressing a press conference, Rohit Pawar said, “BJP is breaking Ajit Pawar`s MLAs one by one.” He further claimed that several MLAs from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP are likely to switch to the BJP before the next state polls

In a blistering attack on the Election Commission, Rahul Gandhi said that just like Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about special package, the poll body had also brought in a "new special package" for Bihar, which is named SIR (special intensive revision), a "new form of vote theft"