PATNA, Nov. 5 -- The campaigning for the first phase of assembly elections for 121 seats in the 243 member assembly in Bihar ended on Tuesday evening, with star campaigners and senior leaders of the NDA, Mahagathbandhan, and other parties in the fray making their last-ditch effort on Tuesday to woo the voters. The first phase of assembly elections are spread over 18 out of 38 districts and it will decide the fate of 1,314 candidates on November 6. The polls will see a heated contest between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) - which comprises the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) - and the Mahagathbandhan alliance, which includes the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), and Left parties CPI, CPI-ML, and CPI(M). The first phase of polls would decide the fate of several prominent candidates including mahagathbandhan CM face Tejashwi Yadav, two deputy chief ministers Samrat Chowdhary and Vijay Sinha, a couple of ministers including Nitin Rabin, Mangal Pandey, BJP's cultural pick Maithili Thakur, JJD leader and elder son of Tej Pratap Yadav and former Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav, to name a few. The first phase would be an acid test for the JD(U) as the party is contesting 57 seats in the first phase of voting. Of these 57 seats, 23 are the seats where JD(U) won in 2020. In addition to it, the party would be aiming to reclaim 29 seats where the JD(U) finished second in the 2020 elections. With a focus on youth and women, the NDA manifesto, Sankalp Patra, has promised to provide one crore jobs in the next five years, which is aimed at checking migration, a major poll issue this election. The Mahaghatbandhan or the INDIA bloc on the other hand promised to provide government jobs to one member of each family, review of liquor Ban policy, Rs.2,500 monthly allowance for women and 200 units of free power. Addressing mediapersons in Patna on Tuesday, BJP election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan said that the NDA alliance has emerged as a symbol of trust among the people with its concrete achievements in development, good governance, and stability, and its resolve for a developed Bihar. On the other hand, the direction and intentions of the Grand Alliance are unclear. The people of Bihar know well that those motivated by false promises and the misgovernance of the jungle raj can never do any good for Bihar. On the last day of campaigning for the first phase, star campaigners of various political parties held election rallies, public meetings, and roadshows to ensure the victory of their candidates. BJP National President JP Nadda addressed election rallies in Bhojpur and Gaya. Party's star campaigner Rajnath Singh addressed separate public meetings in Vaishali, Patna, Saharsa, and Munger districts. Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah campaigned in support of NDA candidates in Darbhanga, East Champaran, and West Champaran districts. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also addressed Aurangabad, Kutumba and Wazirganj. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addressed meetings at Samastipur, Begusarai, Saharsa, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, and Vaishali while Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav addressed a public meeting in Gaya....