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Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal chief Upendra Kushwaha on Monday claimed that the ruling Janata Dal will merge with its alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal and there will be soon an exodus of JD leaders looking to join other parties. Responding to the claims, JD State president Umesh Kushwaha said, “Upendra Kushwaha is seeing Mungerilal ke haseen sapne and very soon …

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Amid the ongoing rift between Janata Dal or JD leader Upendra Kushwaha and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the former has called a meeting of top party leaders on January 19-20, wherein he asserted an attempt to save the party. That’s why I have called a meeting of party workers so that we can find a solution to save this …

Several JD(U) leaders are in touch with BJP due to lack of strength: Upendra Kushwaha

A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a comment that his party leader Upendra Kushwaha had left the party twice or thrice before, Mr. Kushwaha on Sunday said that several top JD leaders were in touch with the BJP “as per convenience”, as the JD had weakened. A picture of some State BJP leaders like Prem Ranjan Patel, …

JD(U)‘s Upendra Kushwaha sets off speculation by extending invitation to BJP leaders for a get-together on Makar Sankranti

Politics in Bihar seems to be heating up around the cool Makar Sankranti speciality of “dahi-chura”, with senior Janata Dal-United leader Upendra Kushwaha extending an invitation to leaders of the BJP along with his own Mahagathbandhan colleagues for a get-together on the festival day, January 14. An open invitation to State BJP leaders for a feast hosted by a leader …

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Nepal’s much-awaited parliamentary election has thrown up an early surprise with the likely defeat of former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Upendra Yadav who has been one of the tallest leaders of Nepal’s Terai or Madhes region. C. K. Raut rose to prominence during the Madhesi movement 0f 2015-’16 after the Madhesi agitation intensified as Nepal’s new constitution was …

OVER the past three months, the political landscape in Bihar has been witness to realpolitik churning, intriguing political manoeuvres by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other leaders, and rampant speculation about the government’s future. Warming up to Tejashwi In a gesture that reminded political observers of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s famous walk in 2004 to Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram …

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance has fresh ripples in Bihar's political waters with coalition constituent Hindustani Awam Morcha advising the Janata Dal-United not to make statements that "create confusion". Responding to the JDU leader Upendra Kushwaha's remark that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "is a PM material, the HAM said leaders of the NDA should refrain from making …

Patna: With Bihar Assembly elections slated to be held later this year, the grand alliance in the state faces a daunting task of resolving the leadership issue. Three political parties Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, Hindustani Awam Morcha and Vikasheel Insan Party have created a flutter in the political circle by proposing the name of veteran socialist leader Sharad Yadav as …

Gaya: Rashtriya Lok Samta Party on Monday observed a "Bihar Bandh" to protest against the police lathi-charge on party chief Upendra Kushwaha and other political leaders during its "peaceful" Jan Akrosh Rally. Armed with lathis, the workers raised slogans against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and called him "dictator". "During the peaceful Jan Akrosh rally on Saturday under the leadership …

RJD leader and the party’s Bihar general secretary was shot dead at Samastipur, early on Thursday, evoking condemnation from Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Upendra Kushwaha. Samastipur: An RJD leader was shot dead at Kalyanpur in Samastipur district of Bihar, early on Thursday, evoking condemnation from opposition leaders in the state including the party’s jailed national president Lalu Prasad. …