The EC asks Lalu Yadav to explain his stand on or before 3 PM of October 6, 2015, failing which a decision will be taken against him without further reference.
An FIR was lodged against Lalu Yadav for provoking the backward caste people against the upper caste during election rallies. He called the Bihar Assembly Polls a direct fight between backward castes and forward castes. He asked the Yadavs to rally behind the Grand Alliance to defeat BJP-led NDA.