Tag Archives: Bihar elections

Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: December 16, 2020 8:21:56 am A BJP leader said that an “equal number formula between JD (U) and BJP may not be possible as BJP has 74 MLA while JD (U) has 53.” The BJP has signaled a transfer of power to …

JALPAIGURI: west bengal chief minister Mamata banerjee Tuesday slammed the BJP for trying to import Asaduddin Owaisiis AIMIM in Bengal to sharpen communal polarization and divide Hindu-Muslim votes among themselves. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) after its good show in the Bihar assembly polls has announced that it will participate …

Lalu Yadav is serving time in several forage scam cases. (Archive) Patna: BJP MLA Lalan Kumar Paswan, who was allegedly telephoned by RJD President Lalu Prasad from Ranchi, told the Bihar Assembly today that he feared “physical and mental harm” after denouncing the “powerful” leader. Paswan, who represents the Pirpainti …

BANKURA: Calling the BJP “garbage of lies” and “the nation’s greatest curse”, west bengal chief minister Mamata banerjee on Wednesday she challenged the saffron party to arrest her and claimed she will make sure TMC victory in the next elections even from jail. Election for the 294-member West Bengal assembly …

Amid criticism of senior congressional officials from some leaders following a poor result in Bihar polls, senior leader Salman Khurshid said Sunday that there is no leadership crisis in the party and that full support for Sonia and Rahul Gandhi it is “evident to all. that he is not blind”. …

Akhilesh Prasad Singh said that he had requested an appointment with Rahul Gandhi to discuss the way forward. New Delhi: The big mistake of the Congress in Bihar was choosing the wrong seats to compete, said today a leader in charge of the party’s campaign in the state amid a …

The reason for this could be that Congress has a different base than the RJD or the CPI-ML. The RJD and the CPI-ML have complementary bases: the first between the Yadav and the Muslims and the second between the Yadav, the Dalits and a section of OBC that do not …

In a sense, this is not a big deal, as Nitish Kumar does not have a stellar record of representing Muslims in government. In the outgoing government of Nitish Kumar, there was only one Muslim minister, Feroz Ahmed, who was only in charge of minority affairs. Compare this to the …

Written by Ravish Tiwari | New Delhi | Updated: November 17, 2020 10:49:32 am The fact that the RJD won a higher share of votes (over 23%) this time compared to 2010 (19%) when RJD had contested more seats also shows its growing popular support. In terms of power politics, …

NEW DELHI: Congress leader and chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot Monday crashed Kapil sibal and said there was no need for the senior party leader to discuss internal party issues in the media. “Kapil Sibal’s move has hurt the sentiments of party workers across the country,” Gehlot said in …