Arrah / Gaya / Raghopur (Bihar): In the Naarhi village of Arrah, as the sun was about to set, a group of young people waited eagerly to receive Rajeshwar Paswan, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate from the Agiaon reserved constituency. They all belonged to the Bhumihar landowning caste, considered …
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Even before Ram Vilas Paswan’s disappearance added another layer of uncertainty about Bihar’s electoral landscape, it was by no means certain that Nitish Kumar’s levy on the Patna Secretariat had been renewed. The unpredictability has as much to do with the open defiance of the Lok Janshakti Party to the …
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PATNA / NEW DELHI: The ‘rebel’ of the NDA, LJP, was cornered on Tuesday by JD (U) and BJP with the saffron party saying categorically that those who do not accept the leadership of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for the elections of the assembly are not part of the coalition. …
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Chirag Paswan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Bihar’s leadership of the Lok Janshakti Party is scheduled to meet on Monday to map out its strategy for the upcoming state elections. Sources said LJP was unlikely to leave the NDA despite recent feud between the party and JD (U), led by Chief …
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