Bengaluru, Nov. 4 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged companies and business establishments in the state to grant paid leave to workers from Bihar so they can travel home and vote in the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for November 6 and 11.

In the letter, DK Shivakumar wrote, "Bihar State General Election-2025 November date; 06/11/2025 and 11/11/2025. A large number of residents of Bihar are working in Bangalore and various parts of Karnataka. In this regard, I request all the companies, commercial entrepreneurs, hotels, contractors, builders, shop fronts and other entrepreneurs to give at least three days "leave with pay" to the voters of Bihar state so that they can cast their votes in the general elections of Bi...