Tag Archives: Election of the Bihar Assembly

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Shivanand Tiwari said on Tuesday that Sushil Kumar Modi was “isolated” from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) because he did not allow other leaders to rise up and was hungry for media attention. Sushil Modi’s role had become less of a BJP and more of …

After Katihar MLA was elected on Sunday as the leader of the BJP in the Bihar assembly, Union Minister Giriraj Singh posted a tweet for Sushil Kumar Modi, who was the leader of the party’s legislative party in the state before the assembly elections just concluded. “Respected Sushil ji, you …

Bihar Prime Minister Nitish Kumar tried on Thursday to clarify his recent comment “aakhiri chunaav” (latest poll), which had sparked intense speculation, and claimed it was a statement made by him every time an election campaign ended, but it was “misunderstood” this time. The president of JD (U) was speaking …

PATNA: In his first interaction with the media after the results of the Bihar assembly election were declared, Mahagathbandhan leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav thanked the people of the state on Thursday for deciding “in favor.” of the Grand Alliance despite the fact that the Electoral Commission had given a result …

Much has been said about the role caste plays, or not, in Bihar’s electoral politics. Among those who claim that Bihar politics is determined entirely by caste and those who argue that the alignments of caste and party have now become fluid and thus have made caste irrelevant to other …

About a dozen perceived non-party candidates received congressional tickets in the recently concluded assembly elections in Bihar, a move that angered loyalists who refused to campaign at the polls, people familiar with the matter said. And all of these “outside” candidates failed to win their elections, lowering the congressional count …

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha attacked Bihar Prime Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, saying that the president of Janata dal (United States) “dreams” of keeping the top ministerial post despite winning only 40 “seats in the Bihar assembly elections held in late October and early November. “Public is …

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has managed to secure a majority of 125 in Bihar’s 243-member assembly. The percentage of votes for the two alliances is almost identical: 37.3% for the NDA and 37.2% for Mahagathbandhan (MGB). This is the smallest majority for a ruling alliance since the October 2005 …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly endorsed Nitish Kumar as leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar on Wednesday, ending speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would push its own candidate for the highest post of the been after winning a narrow victory in the recently concluded assembly …

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are poised for another term in Bihar by crossing the 122-seat majority mark. According to the data released by the Election Commission of India, all the NDA partners (BJP, JD …