By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | October 22, 2020 4:46:54 pm Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with BJP Secretary General Bhupendra Yadav and State Party Chairman Sanjay Jaiswal, publish a party manifesto ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna, on Thursday, October 22, 2020 (PTI). BJP’s …
Read More »Kanhaiya Kumar: ‘It’s not a referendum on Modi, absolutely not … Talk to anyone in Bihar, anger is against Nitish’
Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: October 21, 2020 6:41:30 pm CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar says the biggest challenge facing the left and progressive forces in Bihar is stopping the communal agenda of the BJP. How do you frame this choice? I have two observations. First is …
Read More »In Prime Minister Modi’s speech to the nation, Chirag Paswan appeals to party candidates
Chirag Paswan, the head of the LJP, is contesting Bihar’s election separately from the NDA. Patna, Bihar: Shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about his speech to the nation tonight, Chirag Paswan, whose relationship with his ally BJP has become “complicated” before the Bihar polls, retweeted the message and …
Read More »‘The pain of migrants will translate into votes in the Bihar elections’: Sanjay Nirupam
Written by Sandeep A Ashar | Updated: October 18, 2020 8:11:31 am Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, the only star activist of the Maharashtra party for the Bihar Assembly elections Congressional leader Sanjay Nirupam, the Maharashtra party’s only star activist for the Bihar Assembly elections, talks with Sandeep Ashar about how …
Read More »‘The pain of migrants will translate into votes in the Bihar elections’: Sanjay Nirupam
Written by Sandeep A Ashar | Updated: October 18, 2020 7:55:24 am ‘Nitish (Kumar) came to power with the promise of development, but under his rule Bihar’s GDP per capita has only fallen to the lowest level in the country’ Congressional leader Sanjay Nirupam, the Maharashtra party’s only star activist …
Read More »LJP sticks to pro-Narendra Modi and anti-JD (U) stance on second list despite BJP snub
The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) continued to provide a platform to candidates excluded by the BJP by including them on the party’s second list of 53 candidates released on Friday, though this time it has leaned heavily on its own cadre. Unlike the first list, which included high-level BJP leaders …
Read More »Bihar Elections: Only a person with a 56-inch chest can serve the poor, says JP Nadda
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: October 16, 2020 1:49:45 am BJP President JP Nadda addresses a rally in Karakat, in the Rohtas district on Thursday. (AND ME) Stating that only a person with a 56-inch chest can serve the poor, BJP President JP Nadda on Thursday …
Read More »Bihar 2020 Elections: As BJP Footprint Grows, Nitish Kumar Slips Into Muslim Base
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 …
Read More »Elections in Bihar: only 21 of 70 seats decided, suspense grows in Congress over RJD plans
Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: October 13, 2020 9:46:39 am Tej Pratap posted this photo on Facebook, “of receiving the RJD symbol for Hasanpur seat” from mother Rabri Devi, adding “Miss You Papa”. He fought for the last time since Mahua. More than a week after …
Read More »Bihar economy: dragged down by inherited problems, slow and steady progress
Written by Aashish Aryan | New Delhi | Updated: October 13, 2020 9:43:32 am The cycles for schoolgirls was one of the plans of the Nitish government. For 2020-21, the budget for family health and wellness has doubled. (Proceedings) As Bihar heads into an election that promises to be a …
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