New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- With Bihar heading into a high-stakes two-phase Assembly election on November 6 and 11, political tempers flared as leaders from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition Mahagathbandhan exchanged sharp barbs over their respective manifestos.

NDA leaders, including Union Minister Nityanand Rai and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, defended the alliance's 'Sankalp Patra', asserting that it reflects the commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's leadership to make Bihar a developed state.

In response, Mahagathbandhan's Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav dismissed the document as a "copycat manifesto" and demanded that the NDA issue a "sorry p...