NEW DELHI: The BJP-JD (U) alliance is projected to win a comfortable majority in Bihar with 147 seats in the 243-member assembly, according to an opinion poll published by Times Now-CVoter on Sunday. The poll predicted that the BJP is likely to emerge as the largest party in the state …
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Just three days before the Bihar assembly elections, Tejashwi Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) renewed his attack on Prime Minister Nitish Kumar saying that people in the state are not only angry with the leader of Janata Dal (United ) but hates it. Yadav, who is addressing rallies in …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 24, 2020 11:21:51 pm Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during an election rally ahead of the Bihar assembly elections. (PTI) As the political heat in Bihar, linked to the polls, simmers, Prime Minister and JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar on …
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Four days before the first round of elections in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) published her manifesto on Saturday. A full farm loan exemption, 10 lakh for government jobs, 22 percent of the state budget for education, and regularization of various categories of ad hoc employees are the highlights of …
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PATNA: Unlike the last three elections, when there was an overwhelming central narrative in the Bihar polls, to defeat Lalu Yadav and establish ‘sushashan’ in 2005 and 2010 and defeat the BJP in 2015, no issue seems to dominate the current elections. . . Anti-incumbency, the return of ‘Jungle Raj’, …
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After the Rashtriya, Janata Dal (RJD) promised one million jobs in the government if the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) that leads is voted into power in Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has tried to overcome it by promising 1.9 million jobs in its electoral manifesto, published on Thursday. The BJP …
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PATNA: A major dispute broke out on Thursday over “vaccine policy” with BJP’s Bihar poll manifesto promising free Covid-19 vaccines and opposition parties criticized the announcement as “politicizing the pandemic” while asking if India’s vaccination strategy would be boosted by its states’ timed elections. Unveiling BJP’s ‘free vaccine for all’ …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections from Friday. On the first day, he will hold rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur. According to the schedule announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the prime minister will address 12 rallies for the candidates of …
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Bihar Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today that he has tested positive for coronavirus infection. The deputy prime minister posted on Twitter that all parameters are normal and that he suffered from a mild fever for the past two days. “Admitted to AIIMS Patna for better follow-up, CT …
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Within 24 hours of Bihar’s senior BJP leader and Senior Deputy Minister Sushil Modi scoffed at Tejashwi Yadav’s electoral promise to provide 10 lakhs of government jobs in the forced-to-vote state, the BJP in its own manifesto promised to provide 19 lakh of jobs. With less than a week to …
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