India’s unity in diversity was on display on the first day of the five-day opening session of the 17th Bihar Vidhan Sabha, when elected members from different regions who cross party lines took the oath in different languages. However, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, MLA of the Kasba Congress, surprised everyone by …
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Two days after Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar’s prime minister for the seventh time, Shiv Sena on Wednesday questioned how long Nitish Kumar will ‘hold out’ the favor done by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and claimed he was the prime minister. of Bihar. just for namesake. An …
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While Bihar’s new Minister of Education, Mewa Lal Choudhary, continues to be attacked on charges of corruption during his tenure as Vice Chancellor of Bihar University of Agriculture, Sabour, which had led him to file an FIR against him and the subsequent JD (U) suspension; He is not the only …
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Two days after attacking the leadership of Congress for their poor effort and demonstration in the recently concluded Bihar state assembly polls, RJD Vice President Shivanand Tiwary mocked BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, while providing the reasons why he did not obtain the post of vice minister. Tiwary said: “Sushil …
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About a dozen perceived non-party candidates received congressional tickets in the recently concluded assembly elections in Bihar, a move that angered loyalists who refused to campaign at the polls, people familiar with the matter said. And all of these “outside” candidates failed to win their elections, lowering the congressional count …
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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has managed to secure a majority of 125 in Bihar’s 243-member assembly. The percentage of votes for the two alliances is almost identical: 37.3% for the NDA and 37.2% for Mahagathbandhan (MGB). This is the smallest majority for a ruling alliance since the October 2005 …
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After the results, Vijay Rupani said the bypoll victory was a “breakthrough” for the 2022 state assembly polls (archive) Ahmedabad: The BJP, which had managed to retain power in Gujarat with a slim majority in the 2017 Assembly elections, has now improved its position ahead of the 2022 state elections …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly endorsed Nitish Kumar as leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar on Wednesday, ending speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would push its own candidate for the highest post of the been after winning a narrow victory in the recently concluded assembly …
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Shiv Sena claimed that in case Nitish Kumar were to become prime minister again, the credit would go to Sena. Bombay: Praising RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for putting up an “energetic fight” in the Bihar Assembly polls, Shiv Sena today criticized the BJP saying that if Nitish Kumar retains the …
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Youth power, embodied by the scion of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Tejashwi Praasad Yadav (31) and the head of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Chirag Paswan (37), aimed to evict Nitish Kumar (69), the Bihar’s six-time chief minister and ruler’s boss Janata Dal (United), in assembly polls, but the latter …
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