NEW DELHI: In the context of complaints by the opposition of irregularities in the counting of votes in the Bihar Assembly polls, Chief Elections Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said Thursday, although the Electoral Commission does not react to comments made by political parties, the final decision rests with the people. …
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Nitish Kumar will remain the Chief Minister, as it was our commitment, said Sushil Modi. Patna: This is not about replacing Nitish Kumar as Bihar’s chief minister, the BJP said today, a day after he first outpointed his ally in the state elections. The BJP won 74 of Bihar’s 243 …
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HYDERABAD: AIMIM, which appeared set to win five Muslim-dominated seats in the Bihar assembly elections, will accept a call to extend support for the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan once the final results are declared, the head of the party, Asaduddin Owaisi. When asked once the final results were released and if there …
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One day before the declaration of the Assembly Election Results, it was all quite in the offices of the political parties at Beerchand Patel Marg in Patna. The leaders remained mostly homebound on Monday and declined to comment on the election results. The man of the moment, Rashtriya leader Janata …
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Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | October 25, 2020 11:50:22 am While Singh is said to have considerable influence among Rajput voters in Central Bihar, his prominence in the RJD is attributed more to his unwavering loyalty to the Lalu family. In November last year, the RJD took …
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“A government that cannot control prices does not have to govern.” This was the motto that finally dethroned the Janata Party. It was the year 1980. The Janata Party ruled in the Center and Congress opposed it. Onion prices skyrocketed. Indira Gandhi campaigned across the country for parliamentary elections with …
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Ahead of Bihar’s upcoming assembly elections, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah said that the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) led by Chirag Paswan decided to go solo despite being offered a reasonable number of seats and several attempts at negotiations were made. In an exclusive interview with editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi, Shah …
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With just 10 days until the first phase of the polls on October 28 for all 71 seats in Bihar’s legislative assembly, the BJP has again issued a clarification to dispel doubts among voters that the LJP is not part of its alliance. “The BJP is very clear on their …
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Hours after the BJP accused Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chairman Chirag Paswan of trying to create confusion by insisting on his equations with top Saffron party leaders, the latter said that he will not run candidates against the BJP in the next election. . Paswan has been praising the BJP …
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Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: October 14, 2020 8:29:47 am The degree of Muslim alienation from the Modi-led government in the Center threatens to infect Nitish. (Proceedings) During the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, a Muslim voter in Siwan explained why they did not care that the JD …
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