Patna: In a surprise move on Sunday, Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister of Bihar, resigned as national chairman of Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in favor of Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, erecting a ‘wall’ between the JD (U ) and his ally, the BJP, with Singh as his guardian. Nitish had been …
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Patna: It was in March 1988. The imposing socialist patriarch and leader of the Lok Dal Legislative Party (LDLP), Karpoori Thakur, had died a few weeks ago and his colleagues, Gajendra Himanshu, Anuplal Yadav and Vinayak Prasad Yadav were competing to put themselves in his place. Shyam rajak – a …
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PATNA: At least 68% of the newly elected MLAs in Bihar have criminal cases against them, a 10% increase compared to the previous assembly. Additionally, the number of wealthy MLAs in the state assembly has risen from 123 in 2015 to 194. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) released this …
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The election of the Bihar assembly carries with it the notion of a generational political shift in Bihar. When the first group of 71.8 million voters began the voting process on Wednesday, the unprecedented nature of the election was not limited to just the fact that voters rallied with candidates …
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Lalu Yadav wants to establish Tejaswi Yadav as the undisputed leader of non-BJP politics in Bihar. By keeping the Mahagathbandhan less congested, Lalu wants to contest more than 60% of the seats in the state assembly. Their main rivals, BJP and JD (U) in alliance, will contest a much smaller …
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Patna: Will Lok Janshakti Party boss Chirag Paswan shoot Janata Dal (United) boss Nitish Kumar what his father, Ram Vilas Paswan, had done to Lalu Prasad Yadav in 2005? Poll watchers recall that it was Ram Vilas Paswan who actually turned the 15-year-old Lalu-Rabri regime upside down. The confusion created …
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