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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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The counting process in the Bihar assembly elections is proving to be a slow process: at 4pm, only about 42% of the votes had been counted. With Covid restrictions in place and the number of voters limited to 1,000 per seat, this time 63% more EVM was used. According to …
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Tej Pratap Yadav, eldest son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boss Lalu Prasad and former health minister, won the Hasanpur constituency on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission of India, by defeating Janata Dal (United) sitting in the MLA Raj Kumar Ray. Tej Pratap won by a margin of 21,139 …
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Officials and volunteers will begin counting millions of votes in Bihar’s high-risk assembly elections for the 243-member chamber on Tuesday, with a coalition led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav projecting have an advantage over Chief Minister Nitish. Kumar. These votes will be counted in 55 centers, …
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Five of Bihar’s 15 districts, which go to the polls in the third and final phase of the assembly elections on Saturday, rank among the state’s top 10 Covid-19 districts in terms of the total number of cases. Polls in 78 seats in Bihar’s 243-member legislative assembly will decide the …
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Bihar Prime Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday urged voters to return him to power so that the development initiatives taken by his government over the past 15 years could continue. At a rally in the assembly segment of Sakra, Muzaffarpur, to poll the party’s candidate, Ashok Kumar Choudhary, the JD …
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Bihar Election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav’s father, Lalu Yadav, is in judicial custody in a corruption scandal. Hisua (Bihar): Bihar politician Lalu Yadav will be released from jail on November 9 and a day later will bid farewell to Prime Minister Nitish Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav said on …
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Manoj Jha has said there is a yearning for change in Bihar, which depends on the ballot box. Jha spoke with Arun Kumar about the polls, his promise of a million jobs and other related topics. Edited excerpts: How do …
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