A political firestorm erupts over the issue of illegal infiltration in Bihar’s Seemanchal region, with the BJP’s Syed Zafar Islam, Congress’s Anshul Avijit, and JDU’s Dr. Sanjay Kumar locking horns. The opposition charges the BJP with using the ‘ghuspetia’ (infiltrator) issue to polarize the electorate, with Anshul Avijit stating, ‘this word “ghospatia” is a self-proclamation of their incompetence and ineptness, if nothing else.’ The debate scrutinizes the role of the NDA’s ‘double-engine’ government in tackling this long-standing problem, the effectiveness and transparency of the Election Commission’s Special Summary Revision (SSR) of voter lists, and the opposition’s claim that it’s a diversion from real issues like unemployment. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the issue and announcing a ‘National Demographic Mission,’ the controversy has become a central theme in Bihar’s political battlefield.