The team arrived Friday night for a two-day visit to review preparations for the elections and oversee the implementation of electoral measures. If elections can be held in a single phase in Maharashtra, why not in Bihar?” JD(U) national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha told reporters. He also recommended holding elections around Chhath and advised the EC to ensure adequate paramilitary deployment at sensitive polling booths.The BJP argued for a maximum of two phases. “Conducting polling in multiple phases allows the ruling parties to transport fake voters to their destination centres. The last assembly elections in 2020 were held in three phases under Covid restrictions while 2015 and 2010, polls were held in five and six phases, respectively.