India, Nov. 12 -- RJD leader and INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that through the "record voting" in the first phase of Bihar elections, people have given a direct message that they want "result" and not jumla (hollow rhetoric)".

Claiming that the administration may slow down the pace of the polls at several places, he urged people not to step back from voting queues without exercising their franchise.

The second and last phase of polling is underway in the state on Tuesday, and it will end at 5 pm.

The RJD leader, in a long social media post on the day of the second phase of voting, said, "All that the people have got from the NDA government is assurances, slogans, rhetoric, and empty promises. ...