Will the verdict of the exit polls stand when the results of the elections to Bihar’s 243-member legislative assembly are announced on Tuesday (November 10)? Almost all exit polls have given an advantage to the Grand Alliance (GA), or Mahagathbandhan, which comprises the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and left-wing …
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Five of Bihar’s 15 districts, which go to the polls in the third and final phase of the assembly elections on Saturday, rank among the state’s top 10 Covid-19 districts in terms of the total number of cases. Polls in 78 seats in Bihar’s 243-member legislative assembly will decide the …
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The stakes are high for the various alliances in the third and final phase of the Bihar assembly elections, which will go to the polls on Saturday (November 7). The vote will take place in 78 seats and all alliances, including the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the main challenger …
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Ahead of the third phase of the vote, Loktantrik Janata Party chief Chirag Paswan sharpened his attack on Prime Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, saying that after the declaration of results on November 10, he will be seen bowing in front of the chief of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Tejashwi. Yadav. …
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71/243 assembly constituencies (CA) in Bihar will go to the polls on Wednesday in the first of the three-phase assembly elections. Here are some things that underscore the importance of this phase. 1) Strong holds and swing seats. A look at the last two assembly elections in the regions that …
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Before the 2015 Bihar assembly elections, Yadav’s chiefs, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, had assembled a rickety grand alliance, which collapsed long before the elections were held. Its political tremors were felt in the northern belt of India. The two neighboring states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, account for …
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Just five years after leaving her job at a Delhi-based public school and living a comfortable life with her husband IAS, she received the Champions of the Change of Hands award from Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu for her work in the remote panchayat Raj Singhwahini in the block of …
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In the 2015 Bihar assembly election, when the BJP-led NDA minus JD (U) took on the Grand Alliance (GA) at the peak of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity, the low-key Rajendra Singh, Then the party organization in charge of Jharkhand, was tips for the chief ministerial post in the BJP. …
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