Bihar Assembly elections | Grand Alliance promises jobs to youths, end farm laws if voted to power
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Assembly elections | Grand Alliance promises jobs to youths, end farm laws if voted to power

The Hindu  

The RJD-led Grand Alliance on Saturday released its joint manifesto for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, promising to offer jobs to 10 lakh youngsters and repealing the new farm laws recently enacted by the central government if they are voted to power. Releasing the manifesto titled “ Badlav Ka Sankalp ” in the presence of All India Congress Committee general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala and other Mahagathbandhan leaders, Tejashwi Yadav said their government, if elected, would first approve the process for appointments on about 10 lakh jobs in the government. Identifying unemployment as a big issue, Mr. Yadav reiterated “We will approve 10 lakh jobs in the state government in the very first cabinet of the alliance government if voted to power.” Focusing on crimes against women and children in the state, the Grand Alliance leaders said many perpetrators of gang rape against minors at Muzaffarpur shelter home were still at large. Mr. Yadav further alleged that more than 60 scams have taken place under chief minister Nitish Kumar’s government in Bihar and that the Janata Dal -BJP combine had stabbed the states people on their backs. Mr. Surjewala accused Bihar chief minister of “cheating the people of Bihar” by walking out of the grand alliance in whose favour they had voted in 2015, and said the election is meant to give a new direction to the state which is suffering from “misrule.” Taking a swipe at the BJP, the Congress leader said, the saffron party is part of three alliances in the current Bihar polls — one with the JD, another with LJP and third one with AIMIM.”

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Nitish Kumar's response on Bihar special status snub: ‘Sab kuch dhire dhire…’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nitish Kumar's response on Bihar special status snub: ‘Sab kuch dhire dhire…’

Hindustan Times  

After the Narendra Modi government decided to rule against the demands to give special status to Bihar, chief minister and Janata Dal chief Nitish Kumar issued a cryptic response. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar Kumar, whose JD with 12 Lok Sabha MPs is a key ally of the ruling NDA at the Centre, was asked about the Union government's statement …

Modi govt. may fall by August, says Lalu Prasad
6 months ago

Modi govt. may fall by August, says Lalu Prasad

The Hindu  

Addressing the 28th foundation day function of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, party chief Lalu Prasad claimed on July 5 that the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre was “weak”, and “could fall as early as August”. Referring to the incidents of bridge collapse in Bihar, Mr. Yadav said, “Since the day Nitish Kumar became Chief Minister, if …

Ahead of 2025 Bihar Assembly polls, RJD and NDA flex muscles in Patna
6 months ago

Ahead of 2025 Bihar Assembly polls, RJD and NDA flex muscles in Patna

Hindustan Times  

Patna, Bihar's ruling NDA and the principal opposition party RJD made competing claims of victory on Friday, ahead of the state assembly polls due next year. Ahead of 2025 Bihar Assembly polls, RJD and NDA flex muscles in Patna These assertions were made at simultaneous functions in the state capital - one by the BJP to felicitate Union ministers from …

RJD manifesto for Lok Sabha elections: 7 key promises made by Tejashwi Yadav
8 months, 3 weeks ago

RJD manifesto for Lok Sabha elections: 7 key promises made by Tejashwi Yadav

Hindustan Times  

Former Bihar deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav released the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha election on Saturday. Tejashwi Yadav releases RJD's manifesto for Lok Sabha election “One thing is clear that our only goal is to develop Bihar…Whatever we can do, we have put it in front of you with a pledge. Here is …

Nitish Kumar predicts ‘4,000 MPs’ for NDA in viral clip. RJD mocks Bihar CM
9 months ago

Nitish Kumar predicts ‘4,000 MPs’ for NDA in viral clip. RJD mocks Bihar CM

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is being trolled on social media for his latest gaffe, in which he predicted that the National Democratic Alliance will win ‘more than 4,000 seats’. During an NDA rally in Bihar's Nawada, that will vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, Kumar was heard in the viral video making the …

Watch: With smile on face, Nitish Kumar meets Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi at Bihar Assembly
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: With smile on face, Nitish Kumar meets Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi at Bihar Assembly

India TV News  

Patna: Days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ditched the Mahagathbandhan and sided with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the former was seen exchanging pleasantries with Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav at Bihar Assembly. Lalu Yadav was accompanied by his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi to the Vidhan Sabha secretariat …

Bihar Deputy CM Unveils Rs 2.79 Lakh Crore Budget, Touts State's Economic Growth
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar Deputy CM Unveils Rs 2.79 Lakh Crore Budget, Touts State's Economic Growth

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: The Bihar government on Tuesday tabled a Rs. Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while speaking on the Governor’s address stated that the government’s focus is on employment and providing jobs to youth in the state. “Jobs have been provided to more than 5 lakh youths and the government is also working towards creating more employment opportunities in Bihar”, …

Nitish Kumar seeks time to meet Guv, BJP says ‘no clue’ about CM rejoining NDA
11 months, 1 week ago

Nitish Kumar seeks time to meet Guv, BJP says ‘no clue’ about CM rejoining NDA

Live Mint  

The political turmoil in Bihar, centered on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's departure from the Opposition alliance to take on PM Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and subsequently rejoining the National Democratic Alliance, has seen a surprising twist. Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Samrat Choudhary has refuted speculations about Nitish Kumar rejoining the NDA, that he left in …

Nitish Kumar returns to NDA: How numbers stack up in Bihar Assembly now?
11 months, 1 week ago

Nitish Kumar returns to NDA: How numbers stack up in Bihar Assembly now?

India TV News  

Bihar politics: Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, once again tendered his resignation, effectively severing ties with the Mahagathbandhan coalition, which included the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. This potential alliance with the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections holds implications not only for Bihar but also for the broader national political scenario, as it could reshape …

Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar edged out of RJD's full-page ad, only features Tejashwi Yadav
11 months, 1 week ago

Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar edged out of RJD's full-page ad, only features Tejashwi Yadav

India TV News  

Bihar political crisis: Amid growing speculations around Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's next big political move, his partner in the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan', RJD, on Sunday put out a full-page In the full-page The development comes amid a deafening buzz that Nitish would rejoin the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, bringing an end to the 'Mahagathbandhan' rule in the state. The fast-changing political …

Bihar political turmoil: JD(U) to meet on Sunday amid Nitish’s INDIA exit buzz
11 months, 1 week ago

Bihar political turmoil: JD(U) to meet on Sunday amid Nitish’s INDIA exit buzz

Hindustan Times  

The political turmoil in Bihar continued on Saturday with all major political parties of the state-- the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Janata Dal-United and the Rashtriya Janata Dal -- continuing parleys with their legislators all along the day. Leaders of the BJP in Bihar gathered to discuss the political situation in the state, amid indications that former ally, chief minister …

Bihar Politics Highlights: Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav call separate MLA meetings over weekend
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar Politics Highlights: Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav call separate MLA meetings over weekend

Hindustan Times  

Bihar politics Highlights: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sparked yet another political turmoil in Bihar amid rumours of him joining the BJP-led NDA alliance once again. As the rift between the current government in Bihar deepens, both RJD and JD held separate meetings on Thursday night, while BJP state president Samrat Choudhary left for Delhi to hold discussions regarding the …

OPINION | POWER GAME IN BIHAR: NITISH DOES IT AGAIN!
11 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION | POWER GAME IN BIHAR: NITISH DOES IT AGAIN!

India TV News  

Bihar is currently witnessing swiftly changing political dynamics with strong indications that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may switch camps and join BJP-led NDA. There was tension in JD and RJD camps on Thursday when RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya posted a series of tweets, indirectly attacking Nitish and later deleted the tweets on X platform. A top-level …

Analysis | Untangling the political implications of Patna HC nod for Bihar’s caste-based survey
1 year, 5 months ago

Analysis | Untangling the political implications of Patna HC nod for Bihar’s caste-based survey

The Hindu  

The Patna High Court’s August 1 judgment, upholding the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the State, is likely to boost the political fortunes of ruling coalition parties such as the Janata Dal and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, both of which claim to represent marginalised communities. Through this survey report they would be able to counter BJP’s …

BJP gains in Bihar leave ruling Grand Alliance with food for thought
1 year, 11 months ago

BJP gains in Bihar leave ruling Grand Alliance with food for thought

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:30 IST If the recently concluded Bihar local body elections were touted as a litmus test for the BJP, pitted against the combined might of the JD and the RJD, which formed a Grand Alliance once again last year, it safely passed the test. In Kurhani, a stronghold of the ruling JD, the BJP’s Kedar …

‘Remain united to defeat BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections’: Nitish to opposition
2 years ago

‘Remain united to defeat BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections’: Nitish to opposition

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar while addressing an open session of the Janata Dal national council here in Patna on Sunday said the opposition parties can win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with an ‘overwhelming majority’ if they agree to join hands with each other. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar “Everyone should remain united. Undaunted by the defeat at the …

Assembly election to decide fate of Himachal people: Nitin Gadkari
2 years, 2 months ago

Assembly election to decide fate of Himachal people: Nitin Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

Raising poll pitch in Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that November 12 election was not for deciding the fate of a party or candidate but the future of the people of the hill state. Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari during an election rally in Himachal said for BJP politics is a tool for socio-economic …

Three challenges for the Bihar coalition
2 years, 4 months ago

Three challenges for the Bihar coalition

Hindustan Times  

For an Opposition starved of victories, the triumph of the Janata Dal and Rashtriya Janata Dal in the Bihar assembly floor test is a spot of good news. The JD and RJD came together in 2015, defeated the BJP, and then fell apart two years later as allegations of corruption stung the administration and threatened to sully Nitish Kumar’s image. …

Bihar Cabinet expansion | 31 Ministers take oath; Nitish keeps home, Tejashwi gets health, roads
2 years, 4 months ago

Bihar Cabinet expansion | 31 Ministers take oath; Nitish keeps home, Tejashwi gets health, roads

The Hindu  

As many as 31 Ministers, including five from Muslim and three women legislators, took oath as Ministers of new ‘mahagathbandhan’ government in Bihar led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar – Party: – Department: Chief Minister; General Administration; Home; Cabinet Secratariat; Monitoring; Election; all such departments which are not allotted to anybody. Tejashwi Yadav – Party: RJD – Department: …

Grand Alliance to have coordination committee to ensure it does not meet NDA’s fate
2 years, 4 months ago

Grand Alliance to have coordination committee to ensure it does not meet NDA’s fate

The Hindu  

A coordination committee, which the JD kept pressing for while in the BJP-led NDA, may be set up to ensure smooth functioning of the “Mahagathbandhan” that now rules Bihar upon the entry of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. There were indications to this effect on Friday evening when MLAs of the CPI, the fourth largest constituent of the Grand Alliance, called …

HT Interview: Alliance is back to fight those spreading hatred, says Tejashwi Prasad Yadav
2 years, 4 months ago

HT Interview: Alliance is back to fight those spreading hatred, says Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

Hindustan Times  

A day after he took oath as a minister in the newly created Mahagatbandhan government in Bihar in a week that has seen chief minister Nitish Kumar walk out of his alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, and embrace his old foe-turned-friend the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said that the socialists have come together to uphold democracy and …

Nitish Kumar, Mahagathbandhan to face floor test on 24 Aug in Bihar Assembly
2 years, 4 months ago

Nitish Kumar, Mahagathbandhan to face floor test on 24 Aug in Bihar Assembly

Live Mint  

After being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eight time and about to serve his fifth term, Janata Dal ' s Nitish Kumar, ‘Grand Alliance’ is set to face floor test to prove majority in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on the 24 August. The JD leader took oath for the eighth time after he announced a new …

Grand Alliance brings no-confidence motion against Bihar Assembly Speaker
2 years, 4 months ago

Grand Alliance brings no-confidence motion against Bihar Assembly Speaker

The Hindu  

Bihar’s new ruling coalition, the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ has brought a no-confidence motion against Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, who is also a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA. A notice signed by several legislators of the Grand Alliance was submitted to the Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday, a senior Janata Dal leader said. “The motion against Mr. Sinha will be taken up by the …

Sworn in as CM for eighth time, Nitish tells BJP to \'worry\' about 2024 LS polls
2 years, 4 months ago

Sworn in as CM for eighth time, Nitish tells BJP to \'worry\' about 2024 LS polls

Deccan Chronicle  

PATNA: Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the eighth time, forming his alliance with RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. Leaders in the JD including Upendra Kushwaha have been saying that “no leader in the country has an image like Nitish Kumar and he can be made the PM's face in 2024”. Addressing the media after his oath Chief …

Stung by Nitish Kumar’s ‘betrayal’, BJP stages protest in Bihar
2 years, 4 months ago

Stung by Nitish Kumar’s ‘betrayal’, BJP stages protest in Bihar

The Hindu  

Stripped of power in Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, staged a massive demonstration condemning the “betrayal” of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose similar volte face five years ago had helped it join the government through the proverbial “back door”. The Maha Dharna staged in front of the party office at Birchand Patel Marg was attended …

Grand Alliance 2.0: Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM today. Top updates
2 years, 5 months ago

Grand Alliance 2.0: Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM today. Top updates

Live Mint  

Ending the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal leader Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as Bihar's Chief Minister again today, Notably, it will be the eighth time when Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar. In 2020, Kumar took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the seventh time with the support …

Bihar political crisis: Stung by Nitish Kumar's “betrayal”, BJP stages protest
2 years, 5 months ago

Bihar political crisis: Stung by Nitish Kumar's “betrayal”, BJP stages protest

India TV News  

Bihar political crisis: Stripped of power in Bihar, the BJP on Wednesday staged a massive demonstration condemning the “betrayal” of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose similar volte-face five years ago had helped it join the government through the proverbial “back door”. The `Maha Dharna' staged in front of the party office at Birchand Patel Marg was attended by all BJP …

Bihar Political Crisis Updates: JD(U)-RJD led 'Mahagathbandhan' to Take Oath at 2 PM Wednesday
2 years, 5 months ago

Bihar Political Crisis Updates: JD(U)-RJD led 'Mahagathbandhan' to Take Oath at 2 PM Wednesday

News 18  

Bihar Political Crisis Updates: In fast-moving political developments in Bihar, Nitish Kumar on Tuesday resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar and submitted a support letter from seven parties and one Independent to Governor Phagu Chauhan and staked claim to form a new government in the state. JD leader Nitish Kumar has split with ally BJP for the second time in …

Nitish Kumar & Tejashwi Yadav renew ties to form Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan govt
2 years, 5 months ago

Nitish Kumar & Tejashwi Yadav renew ties to form Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan govt

Hindustan Times  

Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav met Bihar governor Phagu Chauhan on Tuesday and staked claim to form a new government of the Grand Alliance in the state. Nitish Kumar with RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadav and his brother Tej Pratap. The two leaders, who till a day ago were officially on opposite sides of the political spectrum were seen marching together, …

Bihar political crisis: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav eyes big, says, 'After Bihar, next stop Delhi'
2 years, 5 months ago

Bihar political crisis: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav eyes big, says, 'After Bihar, next stop Delhi'

India TV News  

Bihar political crisis: Amid hectic political moves in Bihar RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said it is time to 'eye big'. At a time when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announces the end of the coalition with the BJP in the state, junior Yadav, who might get Home ministry in the new Bihar Cabinet said 'it is time for a …

BJP-JD(U) 'Rift': Here Is How Assembly Numbers Stack Up In Nitish Kumar's Bihar
2 years, 5 months ago

BJP-JD(U) 'Rift': Here Is How Assembly Numbers Stack Up In Nitish Kumar's Bihar

ABP News  

New Delhi: After Maharashtra, a political stir is taking place in Bihar after Chief Minister and Janata Dal chief Nitish Kumar called for a meeting of all MLAs and MPs on Tuesday. Tensions surfaced following the resignation of bureaucrat-turned politician and former Union minister RCP Singh, party chief for one-and-a-half years, who quit the Indian Administrative Service 12 years ago …

Bihar elections: Nitish Kumar, BJP fraudulently formed govt; RJD will win, says Tejashwi Yadav
3 years, 4 months ago

Bihar elections: Nitish Kumar, BJP fraudulently formed govt; RJD will win, says Tejashwi Yadav

India TV News  

The Rashtriya Janata Dal is gearing up for the by-election to two Bihar Assembly seats and the party has claimed the people will vote for the party. On Tuesday, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Tejashwi Yadav said, "Nitish Kumar and BJP fraudulently won the 2020 Assembly election and all people of Bihar know it. Noting that the difference between them …

Nitish became CM by 'passing exam in 3rd division': Lalu
3 years, 6 months ago

Nitish became CM by 'passing exam in 3rd division': Lalu

India TV News  

Taking a jibe at Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the JD-U leader "passed examination with a third division" and went on to become the chief minister of Bihar. He was referring to Madan Sahani, the social welfare minister in the Nitish Kumar-led government, who offered to resign from the post, and also levelled serious allegations on his department's …

Nitish Kumar Under 'Lot of Pressure' in NDA, Should Return to Grand Alliance: Congress
3 years, 11 months ago

Nitish Kumar Under 'Lot of Pressure' in NDA, Should Return to Grand Alliance: Congress

News 18  

The Congress on Sunday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appeared to be under "a lot of pressure" in the BJP-led NDA, and suggested that he consider returning to the Grand Alliance and "freely" work for the development of the state. A statement to the effect was made by Congress Legislature Party leader Ajeet Sharma, though it was promptly …

BJP's Prowess, Governance Focus and Alliances: Dissecting the Bihar Assembly Elections
4 years, 1 month ago

BJP's Prowess, Governance Focus and Alliances: Dissecting the Bihar Assembly Elections

News 18  

Elections in India unfolds significant and unprecedented lessons for getting a grasp of the incessantly changing dynamics of democratic politics. As anti-incumbency against the three-time Chief Minister Nitish Kumar jolted the JD ’s electoral prospects in this election, it is the BJP’s spectacular electoral performance led by Modi that catapulted the NDA back to power in Bihar. Though the BJP …

Bihar Assembly Election | Nitish Kumar, the winning loser
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Assembly Election | Nitish Kumar, the winning loser

The Hindu  

Nitish Kumar must be feeling like the lion who is old and bruised but still manages to hold sway over its opponents and beat them at their own game. Hailed not long ago as the Chanakya of Bihar and “sushasan” Babu, Nitish Kumar had to face insults from the media as well as Bihar’s voters. Already, the media is talking …

Analysis | Nitish will have to live with a different BJP
4 years, 1 month ago

Analysis | Nitish will have to live with a different BJP

The Hindu  

It has been a good month for the BJP so far, with the National Democratic Alliance moving past the majority line in the Bihar Assembly ; the party far ahead of its ally, the Janata Dal ; and grabbing the House Speaker’s position as well. Change in legislative party leader The BJP’s national leadership’s ambitions with regard to its Bihar …

Nitish Kumar gets 4th term but Tejashwi wins big: Key takeaways from Bihar election result
4 years, 1 month ago

Nitish Kumar gets 4th term but Tejashwi wins big: Key takeaways from Bihar election result

India Today  

Nitish Kumar, even if barely, has managed to secure a fourth term in office thanks to the BJP, which pulled up the NDA with significant gains at a time when JDU’s numbers went down sharply in the 2020 Bihar election. The NDA has managed to cross the required majority mark of 122 seats even though Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD emerged as …

Bihar election result: BJP bigger winner with 31 more seats than JDU in Nitish Kumar's last election
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar election result: BJP bigger winner with 31 more seats than JDU in Nitish Kumar's last election

India Today  

The Nitish Kumar and JDU-led NDA has won Bihar assembly election 2020. Although NDA fought the closely contested election under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the bigger partner within the alliance, with 31 more seats than JDU. NDA fought the Bihar election with Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate, however, the way BJP …

Employment, finally an election issue
4 years, 1 month ago

Employment, finally an election issue

The Hindu  

Jobs are rarely far from the minds of citizenry. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 | Full coverage Myths and reality Unfortunately, debates on youth unemployment did not attract much political/electoral attention until the 2020 Bihar election campaign. There has been a massive decline of government sector job growth from 1.3 million per annum from 2005 to 2012 to only 0.4 million …

Bihar Assembly elections | Quiet satisfaction in BJP over results
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Assembly elections | Quiet satisfaction in BJP over results

The Hindu  

As BJP and its ally in Bihar, the Janata Dal watched the results through a slow counting day for the Assembly polls, there was a quiet air of satisfaction that the NDA had managed to keep together its support base and was on track to form the government in the State. Senior leaders of the BJP told The Hindu that …

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: 5 important poll promises made by JD(U), RJD
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: 5 important poll promises made by JD(U), RJD

Hindustan Times  

As Bihar continues to wait for the final results of the assembly elections, the much-awaited winner will have to face some tough days ahead, as the country remains badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The state continues to struggle with health infrastructure, education and employment, which became a major poll plank of the opposition party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, as …

No dispute regarding NDA leader in Bihar: State BJP chief
4 years, 1 month ago

No dispute regarding NDA leader in Bihar: State BJP chief

Live Mint  

With the NDA leading in 128 of the 243 seats in Bihar assembly, BJP state chief Sanjay Jaiswal said there is no dispute regarding who will lead the government if the alliance returns to power in the state. "The issue has been cleared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief J P Nadda much before the elections," he said, …

NDA will again form government under Nitish in Bihar: JD(U)
4 years, 1 month ago

NDA will again form government under Nitish in Bihar: JD(U)

The Hindu  

The JD on Tuesday exuded confidence that the NDA will again form a government in Bihar under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as trends showed the political alliance marching ahead of the RJD-led Grand Alliance. As per the trends available till 12.45 p.m., the NDA was leading in 126 seats — the BJP in 73, the JD in 47 and the …

Bihar Assembly election results 2020: How did high-profile constituencies vote?
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Assembly election results 2020: How did high-profile constituencies vote?

Live Mint  

The counting of votes cast in the Bihar Assembly elections got underway on Tuesday morning. The three-term incumbent Nitish Kumar, aged 69, and his 30-year-old challenger, Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, are the principal contenders for the chief ministerial chair. The Mint list includes constituencies of RJD patriarch Lalu Yadav’s two sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, …

Bihar assembly polls: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am today
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar assembly polls: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am today

Live Mint  

Patna: Will Bihar see a fourth term for incumbent Nitish Kumar or will the state get a new chief minister in young Tejashwi Yadav? Incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar was the face of the NDA while Mahagathbandhan declared Tejashwi Yadav as its chief minister candidate. RJD with 80 seats had emerged as the single largest party in the elections, followed …

Nitish Kumar or Tejashwi Yadav? Verdict day in Bihar
4 years, 2 months ago

Nitish Kumar or Tejashwi Yadav? Verdict day in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

Counting is scheduled on Tuesday in the first mass elections in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the results expected to determine the fate of Bihar, possibly set the agenda for the evolution of the politics of “social justice”, and perhaps herald the emergence of a new generation of leaders in the state. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with …

Ahead of Bihar election result, Congress rushes observers to state to keep flock together
4 years, 2 months ago

Ahead of Bihar election result, Congress rushes observers to state to keep flock together

India TV News  

With the majority of exit polls predicting that the Mahagathbandhan will get a handsome mandate, Congress has rushed its senior leaders to the state to keep its flock together. Congress general secretaries Randeep Singh Surjewala and Avinash Pandey have been sent to Bihar to decide on political activities post poll results after talks with the central leadership. Sources within the …

Bihar Assembly Elections | Wary of poaching bid, Congress deputes two leaders to Patna
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Assembly Elections | Wary of poaching bid, Congress deputes two leaders to Patna

The Hindu  

A day after exit polls predicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Grand Alliance to be ahead of the National Democratic Alliance in the Bihar Assembly election, the Congress on Sunday sent two senior leaders to Patna to “prevent any attempt at poaching”. Sources said the move was to avoid a repeat of Manipur and Goa Assembly elections in 2017 in which …

Bihar election 2020 LIVE updates: Vote against unemployment, says Tejashwi
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar election 2020 LIVE updates: Vote against unemployment, says Tejashwi

Business Standard  

Bihar election 2020 phase-3 voting LIVE updates: The third and final phase of Bihar assembly elections will begin in a short while from now. In the high-stakes Bihar elections 2020, the ruling NDA is trying to avert the anti-incumbency factor and the opposition Grand Alliance led by an apparently resurgent RJD. JD ministers in the fray are Bijendra Prasad Yadav, …

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