Overnight counting for 28 MLC seats closed with the BJP on 13 but explaining losses in Varanasi to SP's Ashutosh Sinha, Nagpur to Congress's Abhijit Wanjarri and Darbhanga to RJD's Anil Jha, prompting blame-trading inside Maharashtra's Mahayuti and readings for UP's 2027 contest.
Uttar Pradesh shifted to recruitment rules barring government jobs for involvement in violent activities aimed at regime change, alongside Allahabad High Court bail for Azam Khan and son in PAN cases.
Attention moved abroad to Israel's completed count showing Likud largest but Netanyahu bloc on 53, with fraud and foreign-funding claims, Shin Bet probe calls and Qatari denial.
By evening Jamia Millia Islamia set May/August 2027 deadlines for student union polls, revoked protester action and announced offline classes from November 2, ending an 18-day hunger strike.