Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: October 19, 2020 8:39:46 pm It is worth remembering that among Bihar’s top leaders, only Tejashwi approached Chirag after the mortal remains of Ram Vilas Paswan arrived at the Patna airport. (Photo: Express / PTI) Even as the BJP is trying to …
Read More »‘There are economic problems but throughout the country … That is not a problem in the elections’: Sanjay Jha
Written by Dipankar Ghose | Updated: October 18, 2020 4:10:05 pm Bihar’s Minister of Water Resources, Sanjay Kumar Jha (File photo) In an interview for The Indian Express, Bihar’s Minister of Water Resources Sanjay Kumar Jha talks about how CM Nitish Kumar, following the announcement of the closure, helped prevent …
Read More »Bihar: Shatrughan Sinha’s son, Sharad Yadav’s daughter on the final list of Congress
Written by Santosh Singh, Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 8:52:39 pm From left to right: Subhashini, daughter of socialist leader Sharad Yadav; Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Congress on Thursday announced its final list of 49 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, which includes the …
Read More »‘If rebels do not return to party by October 12, action will be taken’: President of Bihar BJP
Written by Liz Mathew | Updated: October 10, 2020 8:46:18 am Sanjay Jaiswal, President of Bihar BJP. (Source: Twitter / @ sanjayjaiswalMP) Amid the political turmoil in the NDA before the Bihar Assembly elections, with the LJP leaving the NDA in the state and at least five ‘rebels’ from the …
Read More »Explained: Why BJP’s rush to pacify Nitish may bring only temporary relief in Bihar NDA
Written by Santosh Singh, edited by Explained Desk | Patna | Updated: October 7, 2020 1:46:56 pm Janta Dal United Chairman and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with BJP Senior Leader and Dy CM Sushil Kumar Modi in Patna on Tuesday 6 October 2020. Devendra Fadnavis, Head of Elections, is …
Read More »Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: LJP to prop up its leaders, BJP rushes to appease JDU’s ire
Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: October 7, 2020 7:42:37 am Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Senior BJP Leader and MP CM Sushil Kumar Modi during a press conference ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna on Tuesday (PTI) On a day of heated political action …
Read More »JD (U) and BJP reach agreement to share 122-121 seats, announces Nitish Kumar
Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Tuesday that his party, Janata Dal (United), will participate in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections from 115 seats and the BJP will compete in 121 seats in a 243-member assembly. At a press conference on October 6, the CM of Bihar said that …
Read More »Bihar elections: NDA reaches agreement to share seats, JD (U) will contest 122 seats, BJP one less
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 6, 2020 8:16:48 pm Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with BJP Senior Leader and Dy CM Sushil Kumar Modi during a press conference ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna on Tuesday (PTI) Following agitated parliaments within the NDA …
Read More »Explained: Against JD (U), but with BJP: making sense of LJP’s strategy
Written by Dipankar Ghose, Liz Mathew | New Delhi | October 6, 2020 3:15:42 am Paswans from LJP with Nitish Kumar from JD (U). (Express file) Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has decided to go alone in the Bihar elections, fighting the JD (U), while remaining part of …
Read More »Chirag’s Long Game: Short JD (U), help BJP get more and be his future ally
Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: October 5, 2020 7:13:13 am The first sign of LJP unrest came earlier this year when Chirag Paswan launched his “Bihar First, Bihari First” yatra with a veiled attack on the Nitish Kumar government. (File photo) Hitting Nitish Kumar while exiting the …
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