Tag Archives: Bihar Assembly Elections 2020

Third phase of the Bihar 2020 elections: the vote will take place in 78 seats today (Archive) Patna / New Delhi: The third and final phase of voting in the Bihar assembly election is underway in 78 constituencies voting to elect their next government. At least 1,204 candidates compete in …

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 …

Chirag Paswan urged voters not to waste their votes on any JD (U) candidate (Archive) Nitish Kumar’s statement at a rally that Bihar’s choice is the last, later clarified by his aides, did not go without scathing comments from his opposition rival Tejashwi Yadav and his former ally turned top …

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: “Everyone belongs to this country, everyone is Indian,” he said. New Delhi: Bihar’s chief minister, Nitish Kumar, publicly rebuked Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister, on Wednesday for his comments on “expelling the infiltrators.” “Who does all these malicious campaigns? Who says all this? I missed …

Chirag Paswan recently declared that Nitish Kumar would “never return as Chief Minister”. (Archive) Patna: Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who faced an onion attack in a recent public meeting while campaigning for state elections, was supported yesterday by his opposition rival Tejashwi Yadav, who condemned the incident. His ally-turned-critic …

Three days before the final phase of the vote, two allies have come face to face over the Citizenship Amendment Act. The recent vote by UP CM and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath to “kick out the intruders” appears to have upset his counterpart in Bihar, who dubbed the comment “faltu …

“It is our duty and in our culture to take everyone with us,” said Nitish Kumar. (File photo) Patna: A dispute between Prime Minister Nitish Kumar and his BJP ally’s star activist Yogi Adityanath has reopened cracks in the ruling coalition amid Bihar’s election campaign. Nitish Kumar has publicly rebuked …

Bihar Polls: Tejashwi Yadav, Rahul Gandhi Generated “Euphoria” Among Youth, Shatrughan Sinha Said (Archive) New Delhi: Critics of opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav will be “Khamosh“silenced” by his landslide victory when the results of the Bihar elections are declared on November 10, actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha said on Tuesday. The …

A few weeks ago Nitish Kumar lost his temper and lashed out when interrupted at a rally. Madhubani, Bihar: Onions were thrown at Nitish Kumar when he was campaigning today in Bihar’s Madhubani for the state elections ending on Saturday. The Chief Minister’s security personnel formed a shield around him …

The second phase of voting on 94 seats in Bihar’s assembly elections passed peacefully on Tuesday with a voter turnout of more than 54.64 percent, slightly lower than the 2015 figure as COVID-19 failed curb the democratic spirit of citizens. The second round of voting took place in all 17 …