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Shoulders cold for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the by-elections for a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chairman Chirag Paswan said on Saturday that he belonged to the saffron party and was free to make a decision on who to align. The seat was vacated …

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 …

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 …

True, Lok Janshakti Party may have affected JD (U) count, says Bhupendra Yadav Bhupendra Yadav talks about the recently concluded Assembly poll in the state. What do you attribute as factors that helped your victory in Bihar? The leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the confidence expressed by the …

Youth power, embodied by the scion of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Tejashwi Praasad Yadav (31) and the head of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Chirag Paswan (37), aimed to evict Nitish Kumar (69), the Bihar’s six-time chief minister and ruler’s boss Janata Dal (United), in assembly polls, but the latter …

In accordance with the intentions of the LJP, most of these 39 seats were those in which Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar participated. Of these 39 seats, 33 were lost by the JD (U). This is roughly equal to the current lead of the BJP over the JD (U), …

The indirect profit and collateral damage law applies to both life and politics. The twin canons posit that Samudra Manthan by-products are not necessarily awarded to contestants. The shake can benefit even non-participants and spectators. Anna Hazare, for example, had the right apolitical credentials to lead an anti-corruption campaign. The …

Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | November 11, 2020 4:02:54 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen sharing days with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at a rally in Gaya. (PTI file photo) CHALLENGING MOST of the exit polls that predicted its defeat, the BJP-JD (U) NDA alliance is poised …

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 …