A day ahead of the third phase of the Bihar assembly elections, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday made an appeal to voters to cast their ballot in favour of chief minister Nitish Kumar.

A day ahead of the third phase of the Bihar assembly elections, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday made an appeal to voters to cast their ballot in favour of chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Kejriwal's statements assume significance considering that the areas which go to polls in the third phase are considered to be BJP strongholds, as pointed out in this Firstpost article.

Here's what the Delhi Chief Minister tweeted:

I appeal to the brothers n sisters of Bihar to vote to make Nitish ji the CM of Bihar — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 27, 2015

On Sunday, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had also exhorted people in Bihar too vote for Nitish Kumar for the 'greater need of our country' and the development in the state.

Request you all in #Bihar to please vote to re-elect @NitishKumar ji as CM for greater need of our country & development in State — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) October 25, 2015

Kejriwal had declared his support for Nitish Kumar in August, much before the elections got underway in the state. He had then shared a public platform with the Bihar CM and praised him for his 'commitment' towards fighting corruption. The Aam Aadmi Party, however, is not contesting the Bihar elections.

The third phase of the Bihar elections will be held on 28 October and will include state capital Patna, as well as Buxar, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally on Monday. The candidates whose fate will be decided include RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's two sons Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, reported IBNLive.